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căpĭtŭlum , i, n. dim. caput.
I. Lit., a small head, of man or beast: “operto capitulo bibere,Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 14.— Hence, in the lang. of comedy, for a man, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 89; “and as a term of endearment: o capitulum lepidissimum,most charming creature, Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 25: “haedi,Cels. 2, 22.—
B. Of plants: “caepae,Col. 11, 3, 15: “sarmenti,id. 3, 77, 4: “torcularii,Cato, R. R. 18, 4 al. (perh. also ramulorum, Plin. 24, 19, 113, § 173; 27, 5, 20, § 37; cf. capitellum).—
II. Transf.
A. In architecture.
1. The capital or chapiter of a column, Vitr. 3, 3; 4, 1; Plin. 36, 23, 56, § 178 sq.
2. The capital of a triglyph, Vitr. 4, 3, 8.—
3. The cross-beam of warlike engines, Vitr. 1, 1; 10, 17.—
B. In late Lat., a covering for the head of females, Isid. Orig. 19, 31, 3; cf. Varr. ap. Non. p. 542, 30.—
C. Also late Lat., a prominent part or division of a writing, a chapter, section, Tert. adv. Jud. 9, 19; Hier. in Ezech. c. 47 fin.
D. A section of a law, Cod. Just. 5, 37, 28.—
E. The raising of recruits (as an office), Cod. Th. 11, 16, 15.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (8):
    • Plautus, Curculio, 2.3
    • Vitruvius, On Architecture, 1.1
    • Vitruvius, On Architecture, 3.3
    • Vitruvius, On Architecture, 4.1
    • Vitruvius, On Architecture, 4.3.8
    • Plautus, Asinaria, 2.4
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 27.37
    • A. Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 2.22
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