caprinus

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καθάπερ ὄφις παλαιὸν ἀποδύεται θώρακα → just as a snake sheds its old skin

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

căprīnus: a, um, adj. caper,
I of or pertaining to goats: grex, Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 1; 2, 10, 3; Liv. 22, 10, 3: genus, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 19: pecus, Col. 7, 6; 7, 7, 1: stercus, Cato, R. R. 36; Varr. R. R. 1, 38, 2: pellis, Cic. N. D. 1, 29, 82: lac, Plin. 28, 9, 33, § 124; 30, 11, 30, § 99: sanguis, id. 28, 17, 68, § 232.—Prov.: rixari de lanā caprinā, to contend about trifles, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 15.—
II Subst.: că-prīna, ae, f. (sc. caro), goat's flesh, Val. Imp. ap. Vop. Prob. 4.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

caprīnus,¹⁴ a, um (caper), de chèvre : Cato Agr. 36 ; Varro R. 2, 3, 1 ; Cic. Nat. 1, 82 ; rixari de lana caprina Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 15, se quereller pour des riens