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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin capistrum. Doublet of capstan.
Noun
capistrum (plural capistra)
- (historical) Synonym of phorbeia
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From capi(ō) (“seize”) + -trum.
Pronunciation
Noun
capistrum n (genitive capistrī); second declension
- halter, headstall, harness
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Descendants
- Balkan Romance:
- Italo-Romance:
- North Italian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Borrowings:
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