capito

See also: Capito, capitò, and Capitò

Italian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈpi.to/
• Rhymes: -ito
• Hyphenation: ca‧pì‧to

Participle

capito (feminine capita, masculine plural capiti, feminine plural capite)

1. past participle of capire

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.pi.to/
• Rhymes: -apito
• Hyphenation: cà‧pi‧to

Verb

capito

1. first-person singular present indicative of capitare

Anagrams

• -patico, aptico, capoti, patico, topica

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈka.pi.toː/, [ˈkäpɪt̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.pi.to/, [ˈkäːpit̪o]

Etymology 1

From the oblique stem of caput (“head”) +‎ -ō (suffix forming related nouns)

Noun

capitō m (genitive capitōnis); third declension

1. one who has a large head
2. a kind of mullet (fish)
3. (Medieval Latin) a tree trunk
4. (Medieval Latin) a kind of silver coinage under Louis XII of France
5. (Medieval Latin) an andiron, a fire dog

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	capitō	capitōnēs
Genitive	capitōnis	capitōnum
Dative	capitōnī	capitōnibus
Accusative	capitōnem	capitōnēs
Ablative	capitōne	capitōnibus
Vocative	capitō	capitōnēs

Synonyms

• (tree trunk): truncus (Classical)

Derived terms

• Capitō

Descendants

• Italian: capitone, cavedano, cavedine

References

• “căpĭto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “capitō”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• 1. CAPITO 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)
• 2. CAPITO 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)
• 4. CAPITO 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)
• 1 căpĭto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “260/1”
• “capitō” on page 271/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

capitō

1. second/third-person singular future active imperative of capiō

Portuguese

Verb

capito

1. first-person singular present indicative of capitar