capitium

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Latin

Etymology

    From caput +‎ -ium.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    capitium n (genitive capitiī or capitī); second declension

    1. covering for the head
    2. opening in a tunic for the head
    3. vestment (put on over the head)

    Declension

    Second-declension noun (neuter).

    singular plural
    nominative capitium capitia
    genitive capitiī
    capitī1
    capitiōrum
    dative capitiō capitiīs
    accusative capitium capitia
    ablative capitiō capitiīs
    vocative capitium capitia

    1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

    Descendants

    References

    • capitium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • capitium 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)
    • capitium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • capitium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • capitium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
    • capitium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin