capillatus

Latin

Alternative forms

• *capillūtus (Vulgar Latin)

Etymology

From capillus +‎ -ātus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ka.pilˈlaː.tus/, [käpɪlˈlʲäːt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ka.pilˈla.tus/, [käpilˈläːt̪us]

Adjective

capillātus (feminine capillāta, neuter capillātum, comparative capillātior); first/second-declension adjective

1. Having hair, hairy.
   • 3rd or 4th c. CE, (Pseudo-)Cato, Disticha Catonis 2.26:

     Rem tibi quam nōscēs aptam dīmittere nōlī:
     Fronte capillātă, post est occāsiŏ calva.

     Do not abandon something you know is suitable to you: opportunity has hair on its front, and is bald behind.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	capillātus	capillāta	capillātum		capillātī	capillātae	capillāta
genitive	capillātī	capillātae	capillātī		capillātōrum	capillātārum	capillātōrum
dative	capillātō	capillātae	capillātō		capillātīs
accusative	capillātum	capillātam	capillātum		capillātōs	capillātās	capillāta
ablative	capillātō	capillātā	capillātō		capillātīs
vocative	capillāte	capillāta	capillātum		capillātī	capillātae	capillāta

Derived terms

• capillātiō
• capillātura

 

References

• “capillatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “capillatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• capillatus 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)
• capillatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.