capellus

== Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kaˈpɛl.lʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kaˈpɛl.lus] === Etymology 1 === From caper (“goat”) + -lus (diminutive suffix). ==== Noun ==== capellus m (genitive capellī); second declension A small goat. ===== Declension ===== Second-declension noun. ===== Descendants ===== >? French: chevreau === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== capellus m (genitive capellī); second declension (Old Latin Medieval Latin) alternative form of cappellus === References === “capellus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “capellus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. "capellus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)