capistrum

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin capistrum. Doublet of capstan.

Noun

capistrum (plural capistra)

  1. (historical) Synonym of phorbeia

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From capi(ō) (seize) +‎ -trum.

Pronunciation

Noun

capistrum n (genitive capistrī); second declension

  1. halter, headstall, harness

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Descendants

References

  • capistrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • capistrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • capistrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • capistrum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • capistrum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin