capsa
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See also: Capsa
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capsa f (plural capses)
Usage notes[edit]
There is a semantical difference in the usage of caixa and capsa according to their size. Boxes larger than a shoebox are usually called caixa, while boxes smaller than a shoebox (e.g. for matches, confectioneries, pills) are capsa.
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Etymology[edit]
From capiō (“capture, seize, take”).
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capsa f (genitive capsae); first declension
- A box, repository; especially a cylindrical container for books; bookcase.
Inflection[edit]
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | capsa | capsae |
| genitive | capsae | capsārum |
| dative | capsae | capsīs |
| accusative | capsam | capsās |
| ablative | capsā | capsīs |
| vocative | capsa | capsae |
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References[edit]
- capsa in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- capsa in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- CAPSA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- capsa in Félix Gaffiot (1934), Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- capsa in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- capsa in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- capsa in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
- capsa in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976) The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press
