capsa

See also: Capsa and capsă

§Catalan

§Etymology

From Latin capsa.

§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

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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.

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	capsa	capsae
genitive	capsae	capsārum
dative	capsae	capsīs
accusative	capsam	capsās
ablative	capsā	capsīs
vocative	capsa	capsae

§Synonyms

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

§Derived terms

• capsārius
• capsella
• 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 Catalan: caixa, capsa Czech: kapsa, kasa Danish: kasse English: case, cash, chase, chassis, capsicum Faroese: kassi French: caisse, châsse, châssis German: Kasse Icelandic: kassi Irish: cás

Italian: cassa Jèrriais: câsse Macedonian: каса 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 & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879