capus
Appearance
Latin
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]capus m (genitive capī); second declension (Late Latin, nonstandard)
- Alternative form of caput n (“head”)
- 6th century C.E., Circus Flaminius, Rome CIL .VI 29849a:
- roma capvs mvndi
- Rome [is] the head of the world.
- roma capvs mvndi
Inflection
[edit]Second-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | capus | capī |
genitive | capī | capōrum |
dative | capō | capīs |
accusative | capum | capōs |
ablative | capō | capīs |
vocative | cape | capī |
Descendants
[edit]- Balkan Romance:
- Dalmatian:
- Italo-Romance:
- Insular Romance:
- Sardinian: cabu
- North Italian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Vulgar Latin:
- *accapāre (see there for further descendants)
References
[edit]- Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “caput”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 130
Etymology 2
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈkaː.pus/, [ˈkäːpʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈka.pus/, [ˈkäːpus]
Noun
[edit]cāpus m (genitive cāpī); second declension
Inflection
[edit]Second-declension noun.