Capreae

Latin

Etymology

Said to be from either:

• Ancient Greek κάπρος (kápros, “wild boar”).
• Etruscan 𐌂𐌀𐌐𐌓𐌀 (capra).
• Latin capreae (“goats”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈka.pre.ae̯/, [ˈkäpreäe̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.pre.e/, [ˈkäːpreː]

Proper noun

Capreae f pl (genitive Capreārum); first declension

1. Capri (an island in the Gulf of Naples; part of Campania.)

Declension

First-declension noun, plural only.

	plural
nominative	Capreae
genitive	Capreārum
dative	Capreīs
accusative	Capreās
ablative	Capreīs
vocative	Capreae

References

• “Capreae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Capreae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 261.
• “Capreae”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly