κάπρος

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English (LSJ)

[ᾰ by nature], ὁ,

   A boar, esp. wild boar, Il.17.725, Pl.La. 196e, etc.; also σῦς κ. Il.5.783, 17.21, cf. Ar.Lys.202 (ubi v. Sch.); ἧπαρ κάπρου Id.Fr.318.5: in fem. sense, sow, ὀχευομένους τοὺς κάπρους Anaxandr.47.    II a sea-fish, Capros aper, Philem.79.21, Arist.HA505a13; a species found in the Achelous, ib.535b18. (Cogn. with Lat. caper, ONorse hafr 'he-goat', but not with Lat. aper.)