capillaris

Latin

Etymology

capillus +‎ -āris

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ka.pilˈlaː.ris/, [käpɪlˈlʲäːrɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ka.pilˈla.ris/, [käpilˈläːris]

Adjective

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

1. pertaining to hair
2. capillary

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	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.