capita

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "capita"

English

Etymology

From the Latin capita, plural of caput.

Noun

capita

person
We will calculate the average per capita.

Noun

capita

plural of caput

Anagrams

capiat

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ka.pi.ta/
Homophones: capitas, capitât

Verb

capita

third-person singular past historic of capiter

Italian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈka.pi.ta/
Rhymes: -apita
Hyphenation: cà‧pi‧ta

Verb

capita

inflection of capitare:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kaˈpi.ta/
Rhymes: -ita
Hyphenation: ca‧pì‧ta

Participle

capita f sg

feminine singular of capito

Anagrams

aptica, captai, pacati

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.pi.ta/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.pi.ta/,

Noun

capita

nominative/accusative/vocative plural of caput

References

capita 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)

Portuguese

Verb

capita

inflection of capitar:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

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