caprea
Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.
Latin > English
caprea capreae N F :: roe deer; wild she-goat (L+S)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
căprĕa: ae, f. capra,
I a kind of wild she-goat, a roe, cf. Varr. L. L. 5, § 101 Müll.; Hor. C. 3, 15, 12; 4, 4, 13; id. S. 2, 4, 43; Plin. 8, 53, 79, § 214; 11, 37, 45, § 124; Verg. G. 2, 374; id. A. 10, 725; Ov. F. 5, 372; Mart. 13, 99; on account of the hostility between it and the wolf, prov.: jungere capreas inpis, of something impossible, Hor. C. 1, 33, 8.—
II Capreá Palus, v. capra, II. D.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
caprĕa,¹³ æ, f. (capra), chèvre sauvage, chevreuil : Hor. O. 3, 15, 12 || [prov.] jungere capreas lupis Hor. O. 1, 33, 8, croiser les chèvres avec les loups [pour marquer une chose impossible] || Capreæ palus Ov. F. 2, 491, c. Capræ palus, v. capra.
Latin > German (Georges)
caprea, ae, f. (capra), I) eine Art wilder Ziegen, wahrsch. das Reh, Verg., Plin. u.a.: silvestris, Val. Max.: als Wildbret, caprea astringit alvum, Cels.: – Sprichw., prius iungentur capreae lupis, quam etc. = eher wird das Unmögliche möglich, als usw. (vgl. πρίν κεν λύκος οιν ὑμεναιοι, Aristoph. in Pace v. 1076), Hor. carm. 1, 33, 8. – II) Capreae Palus, s. capra no. II, C.
