capillus

Latin

Etymology

Apparently some diminutive form from the root of caput (“head”). Maybe cognate with Persian کوپله‎ (kūple, “hair of head”) or Persian کوبله‎ (kōbale)[1].

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /kaˈpil.lus/, [kaˈpɪl.lʊs]

Noun

capillus m (genitive capillī); second declension

  1. hair (a single hair)
  2. hair, head of hair

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative capillus capillī
Genitive capillī capillōrum
Dative capillō capillīs
Accusative capillum capillōs
Ablative capillō capillīs
Vocative capille capillī

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  • capillus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • capillus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • capillus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  1. , کوبله Dehkoda Dictionary.
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