[ˈka.pra], [ˈkaː.pra]
OrigoFrom caper (“billy goat, he-goat”) + -a (suffix forming feminine versions of nouns).
- declension-1, feminineshe-goat, nanny goat (a female goat)
“stat quoque capra simul … īnfantī lac dēdit illa Iovī.” — Also together [with him] stands a she-goat … that gave her milk to the infant Jove.
(Ovid refers to mythology about the baby Jupiter/Iuppiter or Zeus having been suckled by a goat, or the goddess Amal
- declension-1, femininethe odor of armpits
Formaecaprae(genitive) · caper(masculine) · capra(nominative, singular) · caprae(nominative, plural) · caprae(genitive, singular) · caprārum(genitive, plural) · caprae(dative, singular) · caprīs(dative, plural) · capram(accusative, singular) · caprās(accusative, plural) · caprā(ablative, singular) · caprīs(ablative, plural) · capra(singular, vocative) · caprae(plural, vocative)
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