capreolus

See also: Capreolus

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From capra or caprea (goat, roe deer) +‎ -olus.

Noun

capreolus m (genitive capreolī); second declension

  1. a small roe deer, roebuck
  2. a small goat

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative capreolus capreolī
genitive capreolī capreolōrum
dative capreolō capreolīs
accusative capreolum capreolōs
ablative capreolō capreolīs
vocative capreole capreolī

Descendants

  • Albanian: kapruall, kaprolli
  • Aromanian: cãprior, cãprioarã
  • Catalan: cabirol
  • English: capreolate
  • Old French: chevroil, chevrueil, kevruel
    • French: chevreuil
    • Norman: quevreul, quevreur
    • Sicilian: ciavureḍḍu
  • Friulian: cjavrûl
  • Italian: capreolo, capriolo, cavriolo, capriola
  • Ladin: capriol
  • Occitan: cabiròl, cabròl
  • Romanian: căprior, căprioară
  • Romansch: chavriel
  • Sardinian: crabiolu, crabolu
  • Sicilian: crapiolu
  • Translingual: Capreolus
  • Venetan: caoriól, cavriól, cavriòło

References

  • capreolus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • capreolus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • capreolus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • capreolus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray