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căprārĭus , a, um, adj. capra,
I.of or pertaining to the goat: “pastus,Sol. 1, § 97: “mutilago,a species of tithymalus, App. Herb. 108.—Subst.: căprārĭus , ii, m., a goatherd, Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 10, Col 3, 10, 17.—
II. Caprāria , ae, f
A. An island near the south point of the Balearis Major, now Caborra, Plin. 3, 5, 11, § 78; Mart. Cap. 6, § 643.—
B. One of the Fortunatae Insulae, Mart. Cap. 6, § 702.—
C. A small island in the Tuscan Sea, near the northern point of Corsica, abounding in wild goats (Gr. Αἴγιλον), now Capraja, Plin. 3, 6, 12, § 81; Mel. 2, 7, 19; Rutil. 1, 439; Mart. Cap. 6, § 644; called also Caprāsia , Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 3.— Hence, Caprārĭensis , e: “plumbum,Plin. 34, 17, 49, § 164.
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