Caprus

Latin

View of the Little Zab

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κάπρος (Kápros).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈka.prus/, [ˈkäprʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.prus/, [ˈkäːprus]

Proper noun

Caprus m sg (genitive Caprī); second declension

1. A river of Assyria which flowed into the Tigris near Nineveh, now the Little Zab
2. A tributary river of the Maeander

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Caprus
Genitive	Caprī
Dative	Caprō
Accusative	Caprum
Ablative	Caprō
Vocative	Capre

References

• “Caprus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly