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caprea

caprea, a wild she-goat, roe

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

caprea , ae, f.: a kind of wild goat; a roe. (caper)
căprĕa, ae, f. [capra],
  • 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 lupis, of something impossible, Hor. C. 1, 33, 8.—
  • II Caprea Palus, v. capra, II. D.

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