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Lewis Short
ăper (noun M) : cf. old Germ. Ebar; Germ. Eber; Angl.-Sax. bār = aper, verres; Engl. boar; cf. Lat. caper, with change of meaning, and the Gr. κάπρος
* A wild boar.
* Lit., Ov. M. 8, 282; 9, 192; 10, 550; 10, 715; Verg. E. 7, 29; 10, 56; id. A. 1, 324 al.: aper Erymanthius,Cic. Tusc. 4, 22, 50: Arcadius,the Erymanthian boar slain by Her cules,Mart. 9, 104: aper de silvā,Vulg. Psa. 79, 14.—Among the Romans a delicacy, Juv. 1, 140.—Masc. form used of the female in Varr. L. L. 8, 47, p. 183 Müll., though Pliny had formed apra, q. v.
* Prov.
* Transf.
* Apros immittere liquidis fontibus, for something perverse, inconsiderate, Verg. E. 2, 59.
* A standard of the Roman legions, Plin. 10, 4, 5, § 16.
* A kind of fish, Enn. ap. App. p. 486: is, qui aper vocatur in Acheloo amne, grunnitum habet,Plin. 11, 51, 112, § 267 Jan.
* A wild boar.
* Lit., Ov. M. 8, 282; 9, 192; 10, 550; 10, 715; Verg. E. 7, 29; 10, 56; id. A. 1, 324 al.: aper Erymanthius,Cic. Tusc. 4, 22, 50: Arcadius,the Erymanthian boar slain by Her cules,Mart. 9, 104: aper de silvā,Vulg. Psa. 79, 14.—Among the Romans a delicacy, Juv. 1, 140.—Masc. form used of the female in Varr. L. L. 8, 47, p. 183 Müll., though Pliny had formed apra, q. v.
* Prov.
* Transf.
* Apros immittere liquidis fontibus, for something perverse, inconsiderate, Verg. E. 2, 59.
* A standard of the Roman legions, Plin. 10, 4, 5, § 16.
* A kind of fish, Enn. ap. App. p. 486: is, qui aper vocatur in Acheloo amne, grunnitum habet,Plin. 11, 51, 112, § 267 Jan.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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