capite

See also: capité and cäpite

English

Etymology

From Latin caput (“head”).

Noun

capite (plural capites)

1. (historical) An ancient English tenure, abolished in 1660, by which either person or land was held immediately of the king, or of his crown, by either knight service or socage.

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: capitent, capites

Verb

capite

1. inflection of capiter:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Interlingua

Noun

capite (plural capites)

1. head

Italian

Etymology 1

Participle

capite f pl

1. feminine plural of capito

Etymology 2

Verb

capite

1. inflection of capire:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Latin

Noun

capite n

1. ablative singular of caput (“head”)

Verb

capite

1. second-person plural present active imperative of capiō

References

• capite 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)

Portuguese

Verb

capite

1. inflection of capitar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative