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(adj.adv.) : căpĭtālis, e, adj.caput.
* Relating to or belonging to the head. In this signif. extant only in the subst. capital, a headdress of priests, Varr. L. L. 5, § 130 Müll.; but, capital linteum quoddam, quo in sacrificiis utebantur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 48 ib.
* Transf.
* Relating to life, by which life is endangered, capital: periculum,peril of life,Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 81; id. Rud. 2, 3, 19: caedis,id. Most. 2, 2, 44: morbus,endangering life, dangerous,Gell. 16, 13, 5.
* Esp. freq. as jurid. t. t. of those crimes which are punishable by death or by the loss of civil rights, capital, v. Dig. 21, 1, 23, § 2; 48, 1, 2: accusare aliquem rei capitalis,of a capital crime,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 28, § 68: qui in vinculis essent damnati rei capitalis,id. Sen. 12, 42: cui rei capitalis dies dicta sit,Liv. 3, 13, 4: reus rerum capitalium,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 39, § 95: manifesti rerum capitalium,Sall. C. 52 fin.: rerum capitalium condemnati,id. ib. 36, 2: damnati,Tac. A. 1, 21 fin.: in rerum capitalium quaestionibus,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 28, § 68: crimen,id. ib. 2, 5, 9, § 23; Tac. A. 3, 60: facinora, Cic. poët. N. D. 1, 6, 13; cf. flagitia,Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 5: maleficia,Dig. 48, 8, 18 pr.: judex rei capitalis,Quint. 7, 3, 33; Curt. 6, 8, 25; Cic. Dom. 30, 78: capitalium rerum vindices,Sall. C. 55 al.: fraudem admittere,Cic. Rab. Perd. 9, 26: causae,Quint. 8, 3, 14: judicia,id. 4, 1, 57: noxa,Liv. 3, 55, 5: poenā afficere aliquem,Suet. Caes. 48: condemnare,id. Dom. 14: animadversione punire,id. Aug. 24: supplicio incesta coërcere,id. Dom. 8: capitale nullum exemplum vindictae,Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 18: supplicium,Curt. 3, 2, 17: capitalis locus ubl si quid violatum. est, caput violatoris expiatur,Fest. p. 50: judicium trium virorum capitalium,who had charge of the prisons and of executions,Cic. Or. 46, 156; Liv. 39, 14, 10; 25, 1, 10; cf. id. 32, 26, 17; and the joke of Cic. Fam. 7, 13, 2.—Also subst.: căpĭtal (postAug. sometimes căpĭtāle, as also in poorer MSS. of earlier authors), plur. capitalia, a death (real or civil), banishment, etc., in consequence of crime: capital = facinus quod capitis poenā luitur,Fest. p. 37: capital κεφαλικὴ τιμωρία, Vet. Gloss.
* That is at the head, chief, first in something, pre-eminent, distinguished (rare): capitale vocamus Ingenium sollers (as we often use capital), Ov. F. 3, 839: Siculus ille (sc. Philistus) capitalis, creber, acutus, etc.,a writer of the first rank,Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 11 (13), 4: jocus, a capital joke, Treb. XXX. Tyrann. 10. —Comp.: hoc autem erat capitalior, quod, etc.,more important,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 70, § 170.—Hence, adv.: căpĭtālĭter, mortally, capitally: lacessere,Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 4: odisse,mortally,Amm. 21, 16, 11.—Esp.
* Capitale: capitale est obicere anteacta,Quint. 9, 2, 67; Tac. Agr. 2.
* Trop.: inimicus,a mortal enemy,Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 57: hostis,a deadly enemy,Cic. Cat. 2, 2, 3: adversarius,id. Fin. 4, 12, 31: odium,id. Lael. 1, 2: ira,Hor. S. 1, 7, 13: inimicitiae,Dig. 17, 1, 23, § 25: minae, Cod. 2, 20, 7: oratio,very pernicious, dangerous,Cic. Off. 2, 21, 73: capitalis et pestifer Antonii reditus,id. Phil. 4, 1, 3: totius autem injustitiae nulla capitalior quam eorum, etc.,id. Off. 1, 13, 41: nulla capitalior pestis quam, etc.,id. Sen. 12, 39.
* As judicial t. t., of punishments, capitally, so as to affect life or citizenship, Cod. Th. 3, 14, 1; Veg. Mil. 2, 22.
* Relating to or belonging to the head. In this signif. extant only in the subst. capital, a headdress of priests, Varr. L. L. 5, § 130 Müll.; but, capital linteum quoddam, quo in sacrificiis utebantur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 48 ib.
* Transf.
* Relating to life, by which life is endangered, capital: periculum,peril of life,Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 81; id. Rud. 2, 3, 19: caedis,id. Most. 2, 2, 44: morbus,endangering life, dangerous,Gell. 16, 13, 5.
* Esp. freq. as jurid. t. t. of those crimes which are punishable by death or by the loss of civil rights, capital, v. Dig. 21, 1, 23, § 2; 48, 1, 2: accusare aliquem rei capitalis,of a capital crime,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 28, § 68: qui in vinculis essent damnati rei capitalis,id. Sen. 12, 42: cui rei capitalis dies dicta sit,Liv. 3, 13, 4: reus rerum capitalium,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 39, § 95: manifesti rerum capitalium,Sall. C. 52 fin.: rerum capitalium condemnati,id. ib. 36, 2: damnati,Tac. A. 1, 21 fin.: in rerum capitalium quaestionibus,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 28, § 68: crimen,id. ib. 2, 5, 9, § 23; Tac. A. 3, 60: facinora, Cic. poët. N. D. 1, 6, 13; cf. flagitia,Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 5: maleficia,Dig. 48, 8, 18 pr.: judex rei capitalis,Quint. 7, 3, 33; Curt. 6, 8, 25; Cic. Dom. 30, 78: capitalium rerum vindices,Sall. C. 55 al.: fraudem admittere,Cic. Rab. Perd. 9, 26: causae,Quint. 8, 3, 14: judicia,id. 4, 1, 57: noxa,Liv. 3, 55, 5: poenā afficere aliquem,Suet. Caes. 48: condemnare,id. Dom. 14: animadversione punire,id. Aug. 24: supplicio incesta coërcere,id. Dom. 8: capitale nullum exemplum vindictae,Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 18: supplicium,Curt. 3, 2, 17: capitalis locus ubl si quid violatum. est, caput violatoris expiatur,Fest. p. 50: judicium trium virorum capitalium,who had charge of the prisons and of executions,Cic. Or. 46, 156; Liv. 39, 14, 10; 25, 1, 10; cf. id. 32, 26, 17; and the joke of Cic. Fam. 7, 13, 2.—Also subst.: căpĭtal (postAug. sometimes căpĭtāle, as also in poorer MSS. of earlier authors), plur. capitalia, a death (real or civil), banishment, etc., in consequence of crime: capital = facinus quod capitis poenā luitur,Fest. p. 37: capital κεφαλικὴ τιμωρία, Vet. Gloss.
* That is at the head, chief, first in something, pre-eminent, distinguished (rare): capitale vocamus Ingenium sollers (as we often use capital), Ov. F. 3, 839: Siculus ille (sc. Philistus) capitalis, creber, acutus, etc.,a writer of the first rank,Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 11 (13), 4: jocus, a capital joke, Treb. XXX. Tyrann. 10. —Comp.: hoc autem erat capitalior, quod, etc.,more important,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 70, § 170.—Hence, adv.: căpĭtālĭter, mortally, capitally: lacessere,Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 4: odisse,mortally,Amm. 21, 16, 11.—Esp.
* Capitale: capitale est obicere anteacta,Quint. 9, 2, 67; Tac. Agr. 2.
* Trop.: inimicus,a mortal enemy,Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 57: hostis,a deadly enemy,Cic. Cat. 2, 2, 3: adversarius,id. Fin. 4, 12, 31: odium,id. Lael. 1, 2: ira,Hor. S. 1, 7, 13: inimicitiae,Dig. 17, 1, 23, § 25: minae, Cod. 2, 20, 7: oratio,very pernicious, dangerous,Cic. Off. 2, 21, 73: capitalis et pestifer Antonii reditus,id. Phil. 4, 1, 3: totius autem injustitiae nulla capitalior quam eorum, etc.,id. Off. 1, 13, 41: nulla capitalior pestis quam, etc.,id. Sen. 12, 39.
* As judicial t. t., of punishments, capitally, so as to affect life or citizenship, Cod. Th. 3, 14, 1; Veg. Mil. 2, 22.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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