capsa

See also: Capsa

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin capsa.

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 f
• capseta

Further reading

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

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Latin

Etymology

From capiō (“capture, seize, take”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkap.sa/

Noun

capsa f (genitive capsae); first declension

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

Inflection

First declension.

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

• Faroese: kassi
• Finnish: kassa
• French: casse, caisse, châsse
• Galician: caixa
• German: Kasse
• Icelandic: kassi
• Irish: cás
• Italian: cassa
• 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