Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From capiō +‎ -ulus. Active interpretation of the suffix leads to the first, passive interpretation to the second meaning.

Noun

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capulus m (genitive capulī); second declension

  1. sarcophagus, bier, sepulchre, tomb
  2. handle, hilt (of a sword)

Declension

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Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative capulus capulī
Genitive capulī capulōrum
Dative capulō capulīs
Accusative capulum capulōs
Ablative capulō capulīs
Vocative capule capulī

Descendants

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  • Italian: cappio
  • Portuguese: cabo
  • Sicilian: chiaccu
  • Spanish: cápulo

References

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  • capulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • capulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • capulus 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)
  • capulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • capulus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • capulus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin