captus
Latin
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of capiō (“seize, take”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐍆𐍄𐍃 (hafts)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkap.tus/, [ˈkäpt̪ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkap.tus/, [ˈkäpt̪us]
- Hyphenation: cap‧tus
Participle
captus (feminine capta, neuter captum); first/second-declension participle
- captured, having been captured, seized, having been seized, taken, having been taken
- taken on, having been taken on
- taken in, having been taken in, understood, having been understood
- afflicted, having been afflicted
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | captus | capta | captum | captī | captae | capta | |
| Genitive | captī | captae | captī | captōrum | captārum | captōrum | |
| Dative | captō | captō | captīs | ||||
| Accusative | captum | captam | captum | captōs | captās | capta | |
| Ablative | captō | captā | captō | captīs | |||
| Vocative | capte | capta | captum | captī | captae | capta | |
Noun
captus m (genitive captūs); fourth declension
- A taking, seizing.
- A thing which is taken or grasped.
- A prisoner, captive.
- A notion, capacity to comprehend.
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | captus | captūs |
| Genitive | captūs | captuum |
| Dative | captuī | captibus |
| Accusative | captum | captūs |
| Ablative | captū | captibus |
| Vocative | captus | captūs |
Synonyms
- (a taking): capiō
- (prisoner): captīvus
Related terms
- capta
- captīvus
- captō
- captor
- captūra
References
- “captus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “captus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- captus 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)
- captus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to be blind: oculis captum esse (vid. sect. IV. 6., note auribus, oculis...)
- (ambiguous) to be affected by disease in every limb; to be paralysed: omnibus membris captum esse
- (ambiguous) to be overcome by sleep: somno captum, oppressum esse
- (ambiguous) to be out of one's mind: mente captum esse, mente alienata esse
- (ambiguous) to be fired with love: amore captum, incensum, inflammatum esse, ardere
- (ambiguous) to be blind: oculis captum esse (vid. sect. IV. 6., note auribus, oculis...)