capite

See also: capité and cäpite

English

Etymology

Latin caput (“head”)

Noun

capite (plural capites)

1. (historical) An ancient English tenure, abolished in 1660, by which either person or land was held immediately of the king, or of his crown, by either knight service or socage.

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French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: capitent, capites

Verb

capite

1. inflection of capiter:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

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Interlingua

Noun

capite (plural capites)

1. head

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Italian

Etymology 1

Participle

capite f pl

1. feminine plural of capito

Etymology 2

Verb

capite

1. inflection of capire:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

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Latin

Noun

(deprecated template usage) capite

1. ablative singular of caput

Verb

(deprecated template usage) capite

1. second-person plural present active imperative of capiō

References

• capite 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)