capitaneus
Latin
Etymology
- From caput (“head”) + -āneus.
- Later absorbed and merged with similar catepanus, capetanus, and other Vulgar Latin renderings of katepano, the senior rank and title of Byzantine military captains of the Catepanate of Italy, from Byzantine Greek κατεπάνω (katepánō, literally “[the one] placed at the top, or the topmost”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ka.piˈtaː.ne.us/, [ka.pɪˈtaː.ne.ʊs]
Adjective
capitāneus (feminine capitānea, neuter capitāneum); first/second declension
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | capitāneus | capitānea | capitāneum | capitāneī | capitāneae | capitānea | |
| Genitive | capitāneī | capitāneae | capitāneī | capitāneōrum | capitāneārum | capitāneōrum | |
| Dative | capitāneō | capitāneae | capitāneō | capitāneīs | capitāneīs | capitāneīs | |
| Accusative | capitāneum | capitāneam | capitāneum | capitāneōs | capitāneās | capitānea | |
| Ablative | capitāneō | capitāneā | capitāneō | capitāneīs | capitāneīs | capitāneīs | |
| Vocative | capitānee | capitānea | capitāneum | capitāneī | capitāneae | capitānea | |
Descendants
References
- capitaneus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- capitaneus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- capitaneus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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