noun #2710

ăper

gen. apri · gender masculine · decl. 2nd

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

a wild boar.

apra •

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.—

proverbial

to kill two birds with one stone

Uno saltu duos apros capere, to kill two birds with one stone, Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 40.—

Apros immittere liquidis fontibus, for something perverse, inconsiderate, Verg.…

Apros immittere liquidis fontibus, for something perverse, inconsiderate, Verg. E. 2, 59.—

by extension

A standard of the Roman legions

A standard of the Roman legions, Plin. 10, 4, 5, § 16.—

A kind of fish •

A kind of fish, Enn. ap. App. p. 486: is, qui aper vocatur in Acheloo amne, grunnitum habet, Plin. 11, 51, 112, § 267 Jan.

Perseus ID: n2976 Key: aper1