Capricornus

See also: capricornus

English

Alternative forms

• Capricorn

Etymology

From Middle English, borrowed from Latin Capricornus, from capra (“goat”) and cornū (“horn”).

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US):

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Proper noun

Capricornus (symbol ♑︎)

1. (astronomy) a constellation of the zodiac supposedly shaped like a goat
2. (astrology) Capricorn

Antonyms

• Cancer

Derived terms

• Capricornian
• Tropic of Capricorn

 

Related terms

• Capricorni

 

Translations

constellation

• Arabic: بُرْج اَلْجَدْي m (burj al-jady), اَلْجَدْي m (al-jady)
• Armenian: Այծեղջյուր (Ayceġǰyur)

  Old Armenian: այծեղջիւր (aycełǰiwr)

• Azerbaijani: Oğlaq
• Breton: Gavr f
• Bulgarian: Козирог m (Kozirog)
• Catalan: Capricorn (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 摩羯座 (zh) (mójiézuò)

• Cornish: an Aver
• Czech: Kozoroh (cs) m
• Danish: Stenbukken
• Dutch: Steenbok (nl) m
• Estonian: Kaljukits
• Finnish: Kauris (fi)
• French: Capricorne (fr) m
• German: Steinbock (de) m
• Greek: Αιγόκερως (el) m (Aigókeros)

  Ancient: Αἰγοκέρως m (Aigokérōs)

• Hebrew: גדי (he) m (g'dí)
• Hindi: मकर (hi) m (makar)
• Hungarian: Bak (hu)
• Icelandic: Steingeit f
• Irish: an Gabhar m
• Italian: Capricorno (it) m
• Japanese: 山羊座 (ja) (やぎざ, yagiza), やぎ座 (ja)
• Kazakh: Тауешкі (Taueşkı)
• Korean: 염소자리 (ko) (Yeomsojari)
• Latin: Capricornus (la) m, Aegoceros m
• Macedonian: Ја́рец m (Járec)
• Malay: Kambing Duyung, Jadi, Kaprikorn
• Maltese: Kaprikornu
• Norwegian: Steinbukken (no) m
• Polish: Koziorożec (pl) m
• Portuguese: Capricórnio (pt)
• Russian: Козеро́г (ru) m (Kozeróg)
• Sanskrit: मकर (sa) m (makara)
• Scottish Gaelic: an Gobhar m
• Slovene: Kozorog (sl)
• Spanish: Capricornio (es) m
• Tagalog: Kambing
• Telugu: మకరరాశి (te) (makararāśi), మకరము (te) (makaramu), మకరం (te) (makaraṁ)
• Tibetan: ཆུ་སྲིན་སྐར་ཚོམ (chu srin skar tshom)
• Turkish: Oğlak (tr)
• Ukrainian: Козорі́г m (Kozoríh)

astrological sign — see Capricorn

Basque

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Capricornus.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Capricornus inan

1. Capricornus (constellation)

   Synonym: Kaprikornioa

Declension

Declension of Capricornus (inanimate, ending in consonant)

	indefinite
absolutive	Capricornus
ergative	Capricornusek
dative	Capricornusi
genitive	Capricornusen
comitative	Capricornusekin
causative	Capricornusengatik
benefactive	Capricornusentzat
instrumental	Capricornusez
inessive	Capricornusen
locative	Capricornusko
allative	Capricornusera
terminative	Capricornuseraino
directive	Capricornuserantz
destinative	Capricornuserako
ablative	Capricornustik
partitive	Capricornusik
prolative	Capricornustzat

Further reading

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

Latin

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Capricornus m sg (genitive Capricornī); second declension

1. Capricornus, the constellation of the zodiac.

Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Capricornus
genitive	Capricornī
dative	Capricornō
accusative	Capricornum
ablative	Capricornō
vocative	Capricorne
locative	Capricornī

Related terms

• caper, capra
• cornu

Descendants

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

References

• “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.