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Latin
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Proper noun
Capsa f sg (genitive Capsae); first declension
- An Ancient town in North Africa, succeeded by the southern Tunisian oasis city Gafsa
- The Latin name of a Roman Catholic titular see
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “Capsa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Capsa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.