caprigno

Italian

Etymology

From capra (“goat”) +‎ -igno (“-ish”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kaˈpriɲ.ɲo/
  • Rhymes: -iɲɲo
  • Hyphenation: ca‧prì‧gno

Adjective

caprigno (feminine caprigna, masculine plural caprigni, feminine plural caprigne)

  1. (literary, relational) goat; caprine
    Synonym: caprino
    • 1825, “Libro III [Book 3]”, in Vincenzo Monti, transl., Iliade [Iliad], Milan: Giovanni Resnati e Gius. Bernardoni di Gio, translation of Ἰλιάς (Iliás) by Homer, published 1840, lines 323–327, page 70:
      Venían recando i banditori intanto
      Dalle città le sacre ostie di pace,
      Due trascelti agnelletti, e della terra
      Giocondo frutto generoso vino
      Chiuso in otre caprigno. […]
      Meanwhile the announcers were coming, bringing the sacred peace offerings from the cities: two carefully picked lambs, and generous wine, pleasant harvest of the soil, sealed in a goat wineskin

Further reading
  • caprigno in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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