Capsa

See also: capsa

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkap.sa/, [ˈkäps̠ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkap.sa/, [ˈkäpsä]

Proper noun

Capsa f sg (genitive Capsae); first declension

1. An Ancient town in North Africa, succeeded by the southern Tunisian oasis city Gafsa
2. The Latin name of a Roman Catholic titular see

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Capsa
Genitive	Capsae
Dative	Capsae
Accusative	Capsam
Ablative	Capsā
Vocative	Capsa
Locative	Capsae

Derived terms

• Capsitānus (adjective)

Descendants

• English: Capsian, Capsitan
• French: capsien
• Arabic: قَفْصَة (qafṣa)
  • English: Gafsa

References

• “Capsa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Capsa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.