See also: Capitulum

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin capitulum. Doublet of chapiter and chapter.

Noun

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capitulum (plural capitula)

  1. (botany) A densely clustered inflorescence composed of a large number of individual florets arising from a platform-like base.
  2. (arachnology) The head-like mouthpart apparatus of a tick, including the palpi, mandibles, and hypostome.
  3. (anatomy) A small protuberance on a bone which articulates into another bone to form a ball-and-socket joint.
  4. (entomology, obsolete) The enlarged end of a proboscis.
  5. (typography, obsolete) The symbol ⸿. It was used to mark chapters or paragraphs, and is the ancestor of the pilcrow ().

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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  • (part or division of a writing): cap., c.

Etymology

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From caput (head) +‎ -ulum (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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capitulum n (genitive capitulī); second declension (diminutive of caput)

  1. A head-like object or structure.
  2. (Late Latin) A chapter, either:
    1. A prominent section or formal division of a text.
    2. Various civic and ecclesiastical councils or bodies, as cathedral chapters.

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative capitulum capitula
Genitive capitulī capitulōrum
Dative capitulō capitulīs
Accusative capitulum capitula
Ablative capitulō capitulīs
Vocative capitulum capitula

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  • (Late Latin: prominent part or division of a writing): caput

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References

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  • capitulum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • capitulum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • capitulum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • capitulum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • capitulum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • capitulum in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • capitulum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • capitulum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin