Capraria

Caprāria, ae, f. (capra), I) Insel nahe der Südspitze der Balearis maior, den Schiffen gefährlich, j. Caborra, Plin. 3, 78. Mart. Cap. 6. § 643. – II) eine der fortunatae insulae, Mart. Cap. 6. § 702. – III) kleine Insel im Tyrrhenischen Meere zwischen Populonia und der Nordspitze von Korsika, von wilden Ziegen bewohnt (dah. der Name, bei den Griechen Αἴγιλον), j. Capraja, Plin. 3, 81. Mela 2, 7, 19 (2. § 122). Rut. Nam. 1, 439. Mart. Cap. 6. § 644: Form Caprasia, Varr. r. r. 2, 3, 3. – Dav. Caprāriēnsis, e, kaprariensisch, plumbum, Plin. 34, 164.

Caprārĭa, æ, f. , ¶ 1 île de la Méditerranée, près de la Corse : Plin. 3, 81 ¶ 2 île voisine des Baléares : Plin. 3, 78 ¶ 3 une des îles Fortunées : Capel. 6, 702 || -rĭēnsis, e, de Caprarie [près des Baléares] : Plin. 34, 164.

CAPRARIA

CAPRA´RIA (Καπραρία), a small island in the Tyrrhenian Sea, between Corsica and the coast of Etruria, still called Capraia. It is distant about 30 geographical miles from Populonium, the nearest point of the mainland, and is a rocky and elevated island, forming a conspicuous object in this part of the Tyrrhenian Sea, though only about 5 miles long by 2 in breadth. Varro, who writes the name Caprasia, tells us it was derived from the number of wild goats with which it abounded; whence also the Greeks called it AEGILIUM; but it must not be confounded with the island of IGILIUM now Giglio, which is much further south. (Plin. Nat. 3.6. s. 12; Ptol. 3.1.78; Mela, 2.7; Varr. R. R. 2.3.3.) Rutilius tells us that it was inhabited in his time by a number of monks. (Itin. 1.435.)

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CAPRARIA

CAPRA´RIA [BALEARES; FORTUNATAE.]

Capraria

(1) A small island off the coast of Etruria, inhabited only by wild goats, whence its name.

(2) See Aegates.