capellus

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kaˈpel.lus/, [käˈpɛlːʲʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kaˈpel.lus/, [käˈpɛlːus]

Etymology 1

From caper (“goat”) +‎ -lus (diminutive suffix).

Noun

capellus m (genitive capellī); second declension

1. A small goat.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	capellus	capellī
Genitive	capellī	capellōrum
Dative	capellō	capellīs
Accusative	capellum	capellōs
Ablative	capellō	capellīs
Vocative	capelle	capellī

Descendants

• French: chevreau

Etymology 2

Noun

capellus m (genitive capellī); second declension (Early Medieval Latin)

1. Alternative form of cappellus

References

• “capellus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• capellus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• capellus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)