capitalis

Latin

Etymology

From caput (head) + -ālis.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ka.piˈtaː.lis/, [ka.pɪˈtaː.lɪs]

Adjective

capitālis (neuter capitāle, comparative capitālior); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. (relational) head or life
  2. deadly, mortal
  3. excellent

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative capitālis capitāle capitālēs capitālia
Genitive capitālis capitālium
Dative capitālī capitālibus
Accusative capitālem capitāle capitālēs
capitālīs
capitālia
Ablative capitālī capitālibus
Vocative capitālis capitāle capitālēs capitālia

Descendants

References

  • capitalis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • capitalis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • capitalis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • capitalis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be separated by a deadly hatred: capitali odio dissidere ab aliquo (De Am. 1. 2)
    • to charge some one with a capital offence: accusare aliquem rei capitalis (rerum capitalium)
  • capitalis in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • capitalis in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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