caprifolium

See also: Caprifolium

Latin

Alternative forms

• caprefolium

Etymology

From caper (“goat”) +‎ folium (“leaf”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ka.priˈfo.li.um/, [käprɪˈfɔlʲiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ka.priˈfo.li.um/, [käpriˈfɔːlium]

Noun

caprifolium n (genitive caprifoliī or caprifolī); second declension

1. honeysuckle

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	caprifolium	caprifolia
genitive	caprifoliī caprifolī1	caprifoliōrum
dative	caprifoliō	caprifoliīs
accusative	caprifolium	caprifolia
ablative	caprifoliō	caprifoliīs
vocative	caprifolium	caprifolia

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

• Old French: chievrefoil, kievrefuel
  • French: chèvrefeuille
  • Norman: quièvrefeul
• Galician: cadrifollo, cabrifollo, cabrinfollo
• Italian: caprifoglio
• Romanian: caprifoi
• ⇒ Russian: каприфо́ль (kaprifólʹ)
• Spanish: caprifoliáceo
• Translingual: Caprifolium