capito

See also: Capito, capitò, and Capitò

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian capito.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈpiːto/

Interjection

capito

1. (colloquial) capisce
   1. I understand.

      Synonyms: verstehe, verstanden; klar, klaro

   2. Do you understand?

      Synonyms: verstehste?, verstanden?; klar?, klaro?

Related terms

• kapieren

Further reading

• “capito” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Italian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈpi.to/
• Rhymes: -ito
• Hyphenation: ca‧pì‧to

Participle

capito (feminine capita, masculine plural capiti, feminine plural capite)

1. past participle of capire

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.pi.to/
• Rhymes: -apito
• Hyphenation: cà‧pi‧to

Verb

capito

1. first-person singular present indicative of capitare

Anagrams

• -patico, aptico, capoti, patico, topica

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈka.pɪ.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkaː.pi.to]

Etymology 1

From the oblique stem of caput (“head”) +‎ -ō (suffix forming related nouns)

Noun

capitō m (genitive capitōnis); third declension

1. one who has a large head
2. a kind of mullet (fish)
3. (Medieval Latin) a tree trunk
4. (Medieval Latin) a kind of silver coinage under Louis XII of France
5. (Medieval Latin) an andiron, a fire dog

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	capitō	capitōnēs
genitive	capitōnis	capitōnum
dative	capitōnī	capitōnibus
accusative	capitōnem	capitōnēs
ablative	capitōne	capitōnibus
vocative	capitō	capitōnēs

Synonyms

• (tree trunk): truncus (Classical)

Derived terms

• Capitō

Descendants

• Italian: capitone, cavedano, cavedine

References

• “căpĭto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “capitō”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "1. CAPITO", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• "2. CAPITO", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• "4. CAPITO", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “1 căpĭto”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “260/1”
• “capitō” on page 271/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

capitō

1. second/third-person singular future active imperative of capiō

Portuguese

Verb

capito

1. first-person singular present indicative of capitar