capreolus

See also: Capreolus

Latin

Etymology

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

Noun

capreolus m (genitive capreolī); second declension

roe deer, roebuck

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
Romansh: 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 Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

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