capistrum

English

Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin capistrum. Doublet of capstan.

Noun

capistrum (plural capistra)

1. (historical) Synonym of phorbeia

Anagrams

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Latin

Etymology

From capi(ō) (“seize”) +‎ -trum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kaˈpis.trum/, [käˈpɪs̠t̪rʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kaˈpis.trum/, [käˈpist̪rum]

Noun

capistrum n (genitive capistrī); second declension

1. halter, headstall, harness

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	capistrum	capistra
Genitive	capistrī	capistrōrum
Dative	capistrō	capistrīs
Accusative	capistrum	capistra
Ablative	capistrō	capistrīs
Vocative	capistrum	capistra

Descendants

• Aromanian: cãpestru
• Catalan: cabestre
• French: chevêtre
• Friulian: cjaviestri
• Galician: cabresto
• Greek: καπίστρι (kapístri)

• Italian: capestro
• Occitan: cabestre
• Portuguese: cabresto, capistro
• Romanian: căpăstru
• Spanish: cabestro

References

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