caprimulgus

See also: Caprimulgus

Latin

Etymology

From caper (“goat”) + mulgeō (“I milk”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ka.priˈmul.ɡus/, [käprɪˈmʊɫ̪ɡʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ka.priˈmul.ɡus/, [käpriˈmulɡus]

Noun

caprimulgus m (genitive caprimulgī); second declension

1. a milker of goats.
2. a nightjar (from the belief that they sucked the milk from goats)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	caprimulgus	caprimulgī
Genitive	caprimulgī	caprimulgōrum
Dative	caprimulgō	caprimulgīs
Accusative	caprimulgum	caprimulgōs
Ablative	caprimulgō	caprimulgīs
Vocative	caprimulge	caprimulgī

Descendants

• Translingual: Caprimulgus

References

• “caprimulgus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “caprimulgus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• caprimulgus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.