capillaris

Latin

Etymology

capillus +‎ -āris

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ka.pɪlˈlaː.rɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ka.pilˈlaː.ris]

Adjective

capillāris (neuter capillāre); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. pertaining to hair
2. capillary

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	capillāris	capillāre		capillārēs	capillāria
genitive	capillāris			capillārium
dative	capillārī			capillāribus
accusative	capillārem	capillāre		capillārēs capillārīs	capillāria
ablative	capillārī			capillāribus
vocative	capillāris	capillāre		capillārēs	capillāria

Related terms

• capillare

Descendants

• Spanish: capilar
• → English: capillary
• → Russian: капилля́р (kapilljár)
  • → Bulgarian: капиля́р (kapiljár)

References

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