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Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary, and Greek Lexicon (Rich, 1849)

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CAPRIMUL'GUS. A milker of goats; the milk of which animals was extensively used by the ancients. (Catull. xxii. 10.) Properly speaking, the caprimulgus was a slave belonging to the familia rustica, but in the illustration (Caprimulgus/1.1), from a painting at Pompeii, he is represented as a genius, pursuant to the common practice of the ancient schools in similar cases.

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    Caprimulgus/1.1

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