Capréolus, pen. cor. Diminutiuum Capreus. Colum. A kid: a roe: a forke to set vp a vine: a forked instrument to digge with: a band or hooke of pron to hold: partes of buildings togither. Cæs. Capreoli vitium, veluti cincinni. Varro. The litle tendrels of vines whereby they take hold of things, and growe about them.Caprimulgus.A milker of goates.Caprimulgi.Birdes like gulles, that in the night sucke goates, and mortisie their vdders.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
căprĕŏlus, i, m. [as if from capreus, caprea]. I.A kind of wild goat, chamois, roebuck, Verg. E. 2, 41; Col. 9, 1, 1.—II.Transf., named from the form of their horns, A.An implement with two prongs for cutting up weeds, a weeding-hoe, Col. 11, 3, 46.—B. In plur.: capreoli, in mechanics,
short pieces of timber inclining to each other
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which support something
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supports
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props
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stays
, Vitr. 4, 2; 5, 1; 10, 15; 10, 20; 10, 21; Caes. B. C. 2, 10; Isid. Orig. 17, 5, 11.—C. Of vines, the small tendrils which support the branches, Col. 1, 31, 4; Paul. ex Fest. p. 57 Müll.; Plin. 17, 23, 35, 208.