capreolus

See also: Capreolus

Latin

Etymology

From capra or caprea, with the diminutive suffix -olus.

Noun

capreolus m (genitive capreolī); second declension

1. roe deer, roebuck

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	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
• French: chevreuil
• Friulian: cjavrûl
• Italian: capreolo, capriolo, cavriolo, capriola
• Ladin: capriol
• Occitan: cabiròl, cabròl
• Romanian: căprior, căprioară
• Romansch: chavriel
• Sardinian: crabiolu, crabolu
• Translingual: Capreolus
• Venetian: 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