capillus

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Latin

Etymology

Apparently some diminutive form from the root of caput (“head”). May be cognate with Persian کوپله (kuple, “hair of head”) or Persian کوبله (kôbale).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

capillus m (genitive capillī); second declension

  1. a hair (singularly - a single hair)
    Synonym: pilus
  2. hair (plurally)
  3. a head of hair: locks, tresses
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 2.309:
      odōrātīs humerōs perfūsa capillīs
      with perfumed tresses overflowing her shoulders

Usage notes

Refers specifically to the hair on one's head.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative capillus capillī
genitive capillī capillōrum
dative capillō capillīs
accusative capillum capillōs
ablative capillō capillīs
vocative capille capillī

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • “capillus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “capillus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • capillus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ , کوبله Dehkoda Dictionary.
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