capella

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Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Medieval Latin cappella or inherited from Late Latin cappella, from cappa. Compare Occitan capèla.

Noun[edit]

capella f (plural capelles)

  1. chapel

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • “capella” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Italian[edit]

Noun[edit]

capella f (plural capelle)

  1. Synonym of capretta

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Diminutive of caper (goat).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

capella f (genitive capellae); first declension

  1. A she-goat or kid, nanny-goat

Declension[edit]

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative capella capellae
Genitive capellae capellārum
Dative capellae capellīs
Accusative capellam capellās
Ablative capellā capellīs
Vocative capella capellae

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • capella”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • capella”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • capella 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)
  • capella”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • capella in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • capella”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Old Occitan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Medieval Latin or Late Latin cappella, from cappa.

Noun[edit]

capella f (oblique plural capellas, nominative singular capella, nominative plural capellas)

  1. (Christianity) chapel

Descendants[edit]

  • Occitan: capèla

References[edit]

Portuguese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

 

  • Hyphenation: ca‧pel‧la

Noun[edit]

capella f (plural capellas)

  1. Obsolete spelling of capela