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Verb
capis
- second-person singular present subjunctive of capar
Latin
Etymology 1
Maybe from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“to seize, grab”), the same root of capiō (“to grab”).
Pronunciation
Noun
capis f (genitive capidis); third declension
- A kind of bowl used in sacrifices
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
capis
- second-person singular present active indicative of capiō
References
- “capis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “capis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- capis 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)
- capis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “capis”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “capis”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Spanish
Noun
capis m pl or f pl
- plural of capi