caput – Latin noun declension

Latin noun forms of caput

Noun: caput
Hyphenation:
Gender: Neuter Declension: Third

Nominative

Singularcaput
Pluralcapita

Genitive

Singularcapitis
Pluralcapitum

Dative

Singularcapitī
Pluralcapitibus

Accusative

Singularcaput
Pluralcapita

Ablative

Singularcapite
Pluralcapitibus

Vocative

Singularcaput
Pluralcapita

Sample Sentences

  • caput hūmānum (human head)
  • […] mē puer Ascanius capitisque iniūria cārī, (“[I consider] my son Ascanius, and my wronging of his dear life’s summit, [how] I deprive him of his Hesperian kingdom and destined fields.”
  • (Ascanius will become a legendary king and ancestor of the gens Julia.)) [29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.354–355]
  • nunc ad aquae lēne caput sacrae. (now by some gentle river's sacred spring.) [23 BCE – 13 BCE, Horatius, Carmina 1.1]
  • […] omnibus pollicitationibus ac praemiis deposcunt qui belli initium faciant et sui capitis periculo Galliam in libertatem vindicent. (and by every sort of promises and rewards, they earnestly solicit some to begin the war, and assert the freedom of Gaul at the hazard of their lives.) [c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de bello Gallico VII.1]
  • ut mea Rōma caput orbis terrārum sit (that my Rome shall be the capital of the world) [27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita 1.16]
  • quippe concēdentibus Rōmam caput Latiō esse (seeing that we acknowledge Rome to be the capital of Latium) [27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita 8.4]
  • caput rērum (the main point of the matter)
  • caput ulnae (head of the ulna)

Nouns inflected like caput

sinciput, occiput, caput,

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *kaput, from Proto-Indo-European *káput. Cognates include German Haupt and English head. See: German Nouns 'Haupt', English Nouns 'head'.

Verbs referencing "caput"

Swedish Nouns kappa, English Nouns corporal, English Nouns cabbage, English Nouns captain, Slovak Nouns kapusta, English Nouns cap, Catalan Nouns cap, French Nouns cap, Romanian Nouns cap, Old English Nouns heafod, Italian Nouns capo, English Nouns cape, English Nouns chef, French Nouns chef, Italian Nouns chef, Middle English Nouns chef, English Nouns kibosh, English Nouns caddie, English Nouns mischief, English Nouns jefe, Spanish Nouns jefe, Dutch Nouns kaap, Portuguese Nouns capítulo, English Nouns caudillo, Spanish Nouns caudillo, English Nouns chieftain, Spanish Nouns capataz, Italian Nouns capa, French Nouns chapitre, English Nouns cabochon, English Nouns capitule, English Nouns chape, English Nouns capite, Italian Nouns capitano, Czech Nouns kapitán, Galician Nouns cabo, Portuguese Nouns cabo, Spanish Nouns cabo, French Nouns capitaine, Russian Nouns шеф, English Nouns cavesson, Hungarian Nouns káplár, Italian Nouns capocchia, Russian Nouns капитан, Danish Nouns hoved, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns sjef, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns sjef, German Nouns Kapo, Italian Nouns capecchio, Italian Nouns capitagna, Romanian Nouns căpățână, English Nouns capitellum, Spanish Nouns cabildo, Romanian Nouns șef, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns kapp, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns kapp, Asturian Nouns cabu, Portuguese Nouns caudilho, Catalan Nouns capità, Spanish Nouns alcaucil, English Nouns cadel, Polish Nouns kapota, Catalan Nouns cabdill, Irish Nouns captaen, Catalan Nouns cabdell, Italian Nouns capitergio, English Nouns cattlehead, Italian Nouns kapò, Catalan Nouns cabeç, Hungarian Nouns kápó.

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