capsa

See also: Capsa

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin capsa. Doublet of caixa.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈkap.sə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈkap.sa/

Noun

capsa f (plural capses)

1. box

Usage notes

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.

Related terms

• caixa
• capseta

Further reading

• “capsa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Italian

Etymology

Latinism, borrowed from Latin capsa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkap.sa/
• Rhymes: -apsa
• Hyphenation: cà‧psa

Noun

capsa f (plural capsae)

1. (historical, Ancient Rome) A cylindrical container used chiefly to store books.
2. A drawer where archived documents are stored.

References

• capsa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• capsa in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti

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Latin

Etymology

From capiō (“capture, seize, take”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkap.sa/
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkap.sa/

Noun

capsa f (genitive capsae); first declension

1. A box, case, holder, repository; especially a cylindrical container for books; bookcase.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	capsa	capsae
Genitive	capsae	capsārum
Dative	capsae	capsīs
Accusative	capsam	capsās
Ablative	capsā	capsīs
Vocative	capsa	capsae

Synonyms

• (pot): olla
• (bookcase): librārium, pēgma
• (box): scrīnium

Derived terms

Derived terms

• capsārius
• capsella
• capsicum

• capsula
• capsus

Related terms

Related terms

• capiō
• capta
• captābilis
• captātiō
• captātor
• captātōrius

• captātrīx
• captensula
• captiō
• captiōsē
• captiōsus
• captitō

• captiuncula
• captīva
• captīvātiō
• captīvātor
• captīvitās
• captīvō

• captīvus
• captō
• captor
• captrīx
• captūra
• captus

Descendants

• Translingual: Capsicum
• Aramaic: קפסא‎ (kapsa)
• Bulgarian: каса (kasa)
• Catalan: caixa, capsa
• Czech: kapsa, kasa
• Danish: kasse
• Dutch: kassa
• English: case, cash, chase, sash

• Faroese: kassi
• Finnish: kassa
• French: casse, caisse, châsse
• Galician: caixa
• German: Kasse
• Hebrew: קופסה‎ (kufsa)
• Icelandic: kassi
• Irish: cás
• Italian: cassa
• Mozarabic:

  Arabic: كَبْسَ‎ (cabtsa)

  Hebrew: כאבּסה‎ (cabtsa)

• Norman: câsse
• Macedonian: каса (kasa)
• Occitan: caissa
• Polish: kasa
• Portuguese: caixa
• Romanian: capsă
• Serbo-Croatian: каса, kasa
• Sicilian: cascia
• Spanish: caja, quijada
• Turkish: kasa

References

• capsa in Charlton T. Lewis and 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 Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, 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

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Romanian

Etymology

From capsă.

Verb

a capsa (third-person singular present capsează, past participle capsat) 1st conj.

1. to staple, fasten

Conjugation

    conjugation of capsa (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a capsa
gerund			capsând
past participle			capsat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	capsez	capsezi	capsează	capsăm	capsați	capsează
	imperfect	capsam	capsai	capsa	capsam	capsați	capsau
	simple perfect	capsai	capsași	capsă	capsarăm	capsarăți	capsară
	pluperfect	capsasem	capsaseși	capsase	capsaserăm	capsaserăți	capsaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să capsez	să capsezi	să capseze	să capsăm	să capsați	să capseze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		capsează			capsați
	negative		nu capsa			nu capsați