capitulum
See also: Capitulum
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin capitulum. Doublet of chapiter and chapter.
Noun
capitulum (plural capitula)
- (botany) A densely clustered inflorescence composed of a large number of individual florets arising from a platform-like base.
- (arachnology) The head-like mouthpart apparatus of a tick, including the palpi, mandibles, and hypostome.
- (anatomy) A small protuberance on a bone which articulates into another bone to form a ball-and-socket joint.
- (entomology, obsolete) The enlarged end of a proboscis.
Synonyms
- capitellum
Translations
densely clustered inflorescence — see flower head
Latin
Alternative forms
- (part or division of a writing): cap., c.
Etymology
From caput (“head”) + -ulum (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kaˈpi.tu.lum/, [käˈpɪt̪ʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kaˈpi.tu.lum/, [käˈpiːt̪ulum]
Noun
capitulum n (genitive capitulī); second declension (Diminutive of caput)
- A head-like object or structure.
- (Late Latin) A chapter, either:
- A prominent section or formal division of a text.
- Various civic and ecclesiastical councils or bodies, as cathedral chapters.
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | capitulum | capitula |
| Genitive | capitulī | capitulōrum |
| Dative | capitulō | capitulīs |
| Accusative | capitulum | capitula |
| Ablative | capitulō | capitulīs |
| Vocative | capitulum | capitula |
Synonyms
- (Late Latin: prominent part or division of a writing): caput
Derived terms
- capitellum
- capitulātim
Descendants
- Asturian: cabildu, cabidru; → capítulu
- → Catalan: capítol
- → Old English: capitol, capitul
- → English: capitulum, capitule
- → French: capitule
- → Romanian: capitul
- Galician: cabido; → capítulo
- → Old High German: kapital
- Middle High German: kapitel
- German: Kapitel
- → Swedish: kapitel
- → Danish: kapitel
- → Norwegian Bokmål: kapitel
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: kapitel
- German: Kapitel
- Middle High German: kapitel
- Italian: capecchio; → capitolo
- → Old French: chapitre
- French: chapitre
- → Middle English: chapiter
- English: chapiter
- English: chapter, chaptre
- → Cebuano: tsapter
- Walloon: tchaptrê, tchapite
- → Old Irish: caiptel
- Irish: caibidil
- Scottish Gaelic: caibideil
- Portuguese: cabido; → capítulo
- Spanish: cabildo
- → English: cabildo
- → Spanish: capítulo
- → Cebuano: kapitulo
- → Romanian: capitol
- → Middle Welsh: cabidwl
- Welsh: cabidwl
References
- “capitulum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “capitulum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- capitulum 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)
- capitulum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “capitulum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- capitulum in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- “capitulum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- “capitulum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin