Capricornus

• Capricorn

From Middle English, borrowed from Latin Capricornus, from capra (“goat”) and cornū (“horn”), calque of Ancient Greek Αἰγοκέρως (Aigokérōs, “horned goat; name of constellation”),^[1] calque of Akkadian 𒀯𒋦𒈧𒄩 (suḫurmāšu), from Sumerian 𒀯𒋦𒈧𒄩 (^MULSUḪUR.MAŠ, “the Goat-Fish; name of constellation”).^[2]

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌkæpɹɪˈkɔːnəs/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌkæpɹɪˈkɔːɹnəs/

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Capricornus (symbol ♑︎)

2. (astronomy) A constellation of the zodiac traditionally figured in the shape of a goat or the mythical sea goat (upper half goat, lower half fish).

   Synonyms: the Horned Goat, the Goat

4. (astrology) Capricorn, one of the signs.

• Cancer

Learned borrowing from Latin Capricornus.

• IPA^(key): /kaprikornus̺/ [ka.pri.kor.nus̺]
• Rhymes: -ornus̺, -us̺
• Hyphenation: Ca‧pri‧cor‧nus

Capricornus inan

1. Capricornus (constellation)

   Synonym: Kaprikornioa

• “Capricornus”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]

From caper (“goat”) +‎ cornu (“horn”).

Capricornus m sg (genitive Capricornī); second declension

1. Capricornus, the constellation of the zodiac.

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

• caper, capra
• cornu

• English: Capricorn, Capricornus
• French: Capricorne
• Italian: Capricorno, capricorno
• Portuguese: Capricórnio
• Spanish: capricornio, Capricornio

• “Capricornus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Capricornus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Capricornus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.