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Latin
Noun
capillī m
- inflection of capillus:
- genitive singular
- nominative/vocative plural
References
- capilli in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- capilli in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- his hair stands on end: capilli horrent
- well-ordered, well-brushed hair: capilli compti, compositi (opp. horridi)