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căper , pri, m. cf. κάπρος, wild boar,
I.a he-goat, a goat.
II. Transf., the odor of the armpits (cf. capra), Cat. 69, 6; “imitated by Ovid,Ov. A. A. 3, 193.—
B. A star in the left shoulder of the constellation Auriga (also called capella), Manil. 2, 178; 2, 658; Col. 11, 2, 94.—
C. The name of a kind of fish found in the river Acheloüs said to make a grunting sound, Plin. 11, 51, 112, § 267.
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    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 15.305
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 5.329
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 9.9
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 7.6.4
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