capitina
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Derived from caput (“head”).
Noun[edit]
capitīna f (genitive capitīnae); first declension (Late Latin)
- The meaning of this term is uncertain.
- 4th c. AD, unknown, Testamentum porcelli :
- de meis uisceribus dabo donabo sutoribus saetas rix[at]oribus capitinas surdis auriculas causidicis et uerbosis linguam
- ...from my organs I leave my bristles for cobblers, my capitinas for squabblers, my ears for the deaf, my tongue for lawyers and blabbermouths...
- de meis uisceribus dabo donabo sutoribus saetas rix[at]oribus capitinas surdis auriculas causidicis et uerbosis linguam
Declension[edit]
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | capitīna | capitīnae |
Genitive | capitīnae | capitīnārum |
Dative | capitīnae | capitīnīs |
Accusative | capitīnam | capitīnās |
Ablative | capitīnā | capitīnīs |
Vocative | capitīna | capitīnae |
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- capitina 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)