capillus

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LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

From caput (“head”) and pilus (“hair”).

PronunciationEdit

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kaˈpil.lus/, [kaˈpɪl.lʊs]

NounEdit

capillus m (genitive capillī); second declension

1. hair (a single hair)
2. hair, head of hair

InflectionEdit

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	capillus	capillī
genitive	capillī	capillōrum
dative	capillō	capillīs
accusative	capillum	capillōs
ablative	capillō	capillīs
vocative	capille	capillī

Derived termsEdit

• capillātus
• capillōsus

DescendantsEdit

• Catalan: cabell
• Dalmatian: capei
• French: cheveu
• Friulian: cjaveli, čhavêl
• Galician: cabelo
• Italian: capello
• Norman: g'veu, quéveu
• Neapolitan: capello

• Occitan: cabel
• Portuguese: cabelo
• Romansch: chavel, tgavel
• Sicilian: capiddu
• Spanish: cabello
• Venetian: cavel
• Walloon: tchvea

ReferencesEdit

• capillus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• capillus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “capillus” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)