capitatio

Latin

Etymology

From caput +‎ -ātiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ka.piˈtaː.ti.oː/, [käpɪˈt̪äːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ka.piˈtat.t͡si.o/, [käpiˈt̪ät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

capitātiō f (genitive capitātiōnis); third declension

1. headcount

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	capitātiō	capitātiōnēs
Genitive	capitātiōnis	capitātiōnum
Dative	capitātiōnī	capitātiōnibus
Accusative	capitātiōnem	capitātiōnēs
Ablative	capitātiōne	capitātiōnibus
Vocative	capitātiō	capitātiōnēs

Descendants

• → Catalan: capitació
• → English: capitation
• → French: capitation
• → Italian: capitazione
• → Portuguese: capitação
• → Romanian: capitație, capitațiune
• → Spanish: capitación

References

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