Capriote

[ kap-ree-oht, -uht ]

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Capri.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Capriote¹

< French capriote, on the model of cypriote Cypriot, candiote, etc., with Greek -( i ) ōtēs personal noun suffix

Example Sentences

Pagano's story fell on the enthusiastic fancy of the young German artist like flint on steel, and the Capriote, catching his guest's excitement, went on to say that he himself believed the tower of Damecuta to be a relic of one of the palaces built by the Emperor Tiberius, who constructed no pleasure-house without a secret exit.

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It is not a very beautiful walk; and she—yes, both of her!—is charming, attired in blue and scarlet, like the Capriote maidens of an olden day.

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Heil dir im Sieges Kranz!" rings like a war-cry through the peaceful night, answered from the street by some little Capriote ragamuffins with a horrible chorus of "Ach! du lieber Augustin!

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The reports of governors of provinces, for example, were received, read, and commented upon by Tiberius in his Capriote home, and amongst these there must have been included a certain official document from one Pontius Pilatus, Procurator of Judaea, relating how a Jewish prophet from Nazareth had been condemned, scourged and crucified by his orders at the special request of the Jews themselves.

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In the privacy of this villa Tiberius was one day surprised by an ingenious Capriote fisherman, who in ignorance or defiance of the Emperor’s wishes had managed to scale with his naked feet the steep cliffs from the sea below, in order to present a fine mullet for the imperial table, and of course to earn a high reward for his “gift.”

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