capillus
Latin
Etymology
Apparently some diminutive form from the root of caput (“head”). May be cognate with Persian کوپله (kuple, “hair of head”) or Persian کوبله (kôbale)[1].
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kaˈpil.lus/, [käˈpɪlːʲʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kaˈpil.lus/, [käˈpilːus]
Noun
capillus m (genitive capillī); second declension
- a hair (singularly - a single hair)
- hair (plurally)
- a head of hair: locks, tresses
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | capillus | capillī |
| Genitive | capillī | capillōrum |
| Dative | capillō | capillīs |
| Accusative | capillum | capillōs |
| Ablative | capillō | capillīs |
| Vocative | capille | capillī |
Derived terms
- capillāceus
- capillāgō
- capillāmenta
- capillāmentum
- capillāris
- capillascō
- capillātus
- capillitium
- capillōsus
Descendants
- Catalan: cabell
- Dalmatian: capei
- Old French: cheveu, chavel, chevel; cavel, caveu, caviau, cavieu, kavel
- Friulian: cjaveli, čhavêl
- Galician: cabelo
- Gallo-Italic:
- Romagnol: cavèl (Ravenna)
- → Gothic: 𐌺𐌰𐍀𐌹𐌻𐌻𐍉𐌽 (kapillōn) ( < *capillare)
- Italian: capello
- Neapolitan: capello
- Occitan: cabel
- Portuguese: cabelo
- Romansch: chavel, tgavel
- Sicilian: capiḍḍu
- Spanish: cabello
- Venetian: cavel
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
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