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noun

Cā^prōtīna

gen. Cā^prōtīnae · gender feminine · decl. 1st
a surname of Juno at Rome
a surname of Juno at Rome, in whose honor an annual feast was held on the Nonae Caprotinae, July 17, to commemorate the delivery of Rome from the Gauls by slaves who gave warning from a caprificus or wild fig-tree, Varr. L. L. 6, § 18 Müll.; cf. Macr. S. 1, 11; Aus. Ecl. Fer. Rom. 9.
Perseus ID: n6681 Key: Caprotina