Capra

SU: A close relative of the cabbage family, caper is derived from the Latin word capra, which means "goat," a name that reflects its strong smell. ❋ Unknown (2010)

However, if we follow instead Hesychius' testimony, the irregular Celtic reflexes can be perfectly explained through borrowing from the implied Etruscan etymon *capra with its unaspirated k-. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"Rangers took photos of the albino capra ibex climbing with its mother Sunday at about 10,000 feet above the Les Laures valley in the northwestern Val d'Aosta region, said Christian Chioso, a regional wildlife official." ... ❋ Unknown (2007)

A young albino capra ibex was photographed by rangers in the northern Italian Alps. From the news: ❋ Unknown (2007)

Thus if the government capriciously gives you a goat capra hircus, you cannot complain of the gift in federal court. ❋ Unknown (2009)

An handicrafts association backed by the Indian government has applied to register a Geographical Indicator tag for "Kashmiri Pashmina" as a mark for the rare soft wool from the underbelly of the capra hircus goat. ❋ Unknown (2008)

[Jun. 11th, 2005 | 09: 45 am] dr. capra hoped that his innovative therapies would cure billy of his irrational belief in trolls and attendant fear of bridges ❋ Amuchmoreexotic (2005)

The idea of evolution is essential to its philosophies, and I am assured that the most ominous of its strategies has been the arcane alliance it is planning to conclude with the genus capra ❋ Unknown (2007)

Others refer most of what is said or done at this feast to the fate of Romulus, for, on this day, he vanished outside the gates in a sudden darkness and storm (some think it an eclipse of the sun), and from this, the day was called Nonae Caprotinae, the Latin for a goat being capra, and the place where he disappeared having the name of ❋ Plutarch (2003)

Bishop Trench reminds us in his famous treatise that the word is derived from _capra_, "a goat," and represents, in a picturesque manner, a mental movement as unaccountable, as little to be calculated on beforehand, as the springs and bounds of that whimsical animal. ❋ Elizabeth Fry Page (N/A)

The word is first found used in this sense by Marculfus (seventh century), who gives the above etymology, an explanation which has been generally accepted ever since, though Durandus ventures upon an alternative derivation, to wit, capra, because the tent above mentioned was made of goat-skins. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

[43] He also attempts one or two etymologies; the best is _via_ which he tells us is for _veha_, and _villa_ for _vehula_; _capra_ from _capere_ is less plausible. ❋ Charles Thomas Cruttwell (1879)

Alps (_antelope rupicapra_); and in the same localities, but more rarely seen, the "bouquetin," or "tur" (_aigocerus pyrenaicus_) -- a species of ibex, _not_ identical with the _capra ibex_ of Linnaeus and the Alpine mountains. ❋ Mayne Reid (1850)

Porcii, for _capra_ means a goat, and _porcus_ a pig. ❋ 46-120? Plutarch (1839)

Yet the unpopular and controversial Obama has offered the liberal line of more government as the primary solution to most of the nation's woes, calling for big new "Progressive" investments in health care, education, infrastructure and energy.gloria. capra wrote: Government run banks. ❋ Unknown (2010)

What give with the folks on the left why is there always a double standard? gloria. capra wrote: Government run banks. ❋ Unknown (2010)

This addition aligns Perbacco's charcuterie program with the restaurant's regional menu, which has a rotating selection of five or six Piedmont salumi such as lardo (pork backfat cured with rosemary and black pepper), salame di capra (lean goat meat), and coppa al Barbera (aged pork shoulder cured and soaked in Barbera). ❋ Unknown (2010)