capis

Catalan

Verb

capis

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Latin

Etymology 1

Maybe from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“to seize, grab”), the same root of capiō (“to grab”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈka.pis/, [ˈkäpɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.pis/, [ˈkäːpis]

Noun

capis f (genitive capidis); third declension

1. A kind of bowl used in sacrifices

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	capis	capidēs
genitive	capidis	capidum
dative	capidī	capidibus
accusative	capidem	capidēs
ablative	capide	capidibus
vocative	capis	capidēs

Derived terms

• capēdō

Etymology 2

Verb

(deprecated template usage) capis

1. second-person singular present active indicative of capiō

References

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

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Spanish

Noun

capis m pl or f pl

1. plural of capi