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capitulum
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Lewis Short
căpĭtŭlum (noun N) : dim.caput.
* Lit., a small head, of man or beast: operto capitulo bibere,Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 14.— Hence, in the lang. of comedy, for a man, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 89; and as a term of endearment: o capitulum lepidissimum,most charming creature,Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 25: haedi,Cels. 2, 22.
* Of plants: caepae,Col. 11, 3, 15: sarmenti,id. 3, 77, 4: torcularii,Cato, R. R. 18, 4 al. (perh. also ramulorum, Plin. 24, 19, 113, § 173; 27, 5, 20, § 37; cf. capitellum).
* Transf.
* In architecture.
* The capital or chapiter of a column, Vitr. 3, 3; 4, 1; Plin. 36, 23, 56, § 178 sq.
* In late Lat., a covering for the head of females, Isid. Orig. 19, 31, 3; cf. Varr. ap. Non. p. 542, 30.
* Also late Lat., a prominent part or division of a writing, a chapter, section, Tert. adv. Jud. 9, 19; Hier. in Ezech. c. 47 fin.
* A section of a law, Cod. Just. 5, 37, 28.
* The raising of recruits (as an office), Cod. Th. 11, 16, 15.
* Lit., a small head, of man or beast: operto capitulo bibere,Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 14.— Hence, in the lang. of comedy, for a man, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 89; and as a term of endearment: o capitulum lepidissimum,most charming creature,Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 25: haedi,Cels. 2, 22.
* Of plants: caepae,Col. 11, 3, 15: sarmenti,id. 3, 77, 4: torcularii,Cato, R. R. 18, 4 al. (perh. also ramulorum, Plin. 24, 19, 113, § 173; 27, 5, 20, § 37; cf. capitellum).
* Transf.
* In architecture.
* The capital or chapiter of a column, Vitr. 3, 3; 4, 1; Plin. 36, 23, 56, § 178 sq.
* In late Lat., a covering for the head of females, Isid. Orig. 19, 31, 3; cf. Varr. ap. Non. p. 542, 30.
* Also late Lat., a prominent part or division of a writing, a chapter, section, Tert. adv. Jud. 9, 19; Hier. in Ezech. c. 47 fin.
* A section of a law, Cod. Just. 5, 37, 28.
* The raising of recruits (as an office), Cod. Th. 11, 16, 15.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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Capitulum
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