caprifolium

See also: Caprifolium

Latin

Alternative forms

  • caprefolium

Etymology

From caper (“goat”) +‎ folium (“leaf”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

Noun

caprifolium n (genitive caprifoliī or caprifolī); second declension

  1. honeysuckle

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative caprifolium caprifolia
genitive caprifoliī
caprifolī1 		caprifoliōrum
dative caprifoliō caprifoliīs
accusative caprifolium caprifolia
ablative caprifoliō caprifoliīs
vocative caprifolium caprifolia

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

  • Old French: chievrefoil, kievrefuel
  • Galician: cadrifollo, cabrifollo, cabrinfollo
  • Italian: caprifoglio
  • Occitan: caprifuèlh
  • Romanian: caprifoi
  • → Russian: каприфо́ль (kaprifólʹ)
  • ⇒ Spanish: caprifoliáceo
  • Translingual: Caprifolium
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