capellus
Latin
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kaˈpel.lus/, [käˈpɛlːʲʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kaˈpel.lus/, [käˈpɛlːus]
Etymology 1
[edit]From caper (“goat”) + -lus (diminutive suffix).
Noun
[edit]capellus m (genitive capellī); second declension
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | capellus | capellī |
| genitive | capellī | capellōrum |
| dative | capellō | capellīs |
| accusative | capellum | capellōs |
| ablative | capellō | capellīs |
| vocative | capelle | capellī |
Descendants
[edit]- French: chevreau
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]capellus m (genitive capellī); second declension (Early Medieval Latin)
- Alternative form of cappellus
References
[edit]- “capellus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- capellus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- "capellus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)