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κάπρος

κάπρος, the boar, wild boar

κάπρος [ᾰ by nature], ὁ,
  • boar, esp. wild boar, Il. 17.725, Pl. La. 196e, etc.; also σῦς κ. Il. 5.783, 17.21, cf. Ar. Lys. 202 (ubi v. Sch.); ἧπαρ κάπρου Id. Fr. 318.5: in fem. sense, sow, ὀχευομένους τοὺς κάπρους Anaxandr. 47.
    • II a sea-fish, Capros aper, Philem. 79.21, Arist. HA 505a13; a species found in the Achelous, ib. 535b18. (Cogn. with Lat. caper, ONorse hafr ‘he-goat’, but not with Lat. aper.)

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