The corpus record — Latin

capis

capis · f

a bowl with one handle

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Where it lives

Ab urbe condita, books 6-10 - 10 1 · 0.66/10k
Satyricon 1 · 0.33/10k
Naturalis Historia 2 · 0.05/10k
Ab urbe condita 1 · 0.02/10k

What it meant

căpis — Lewis & Short

căpis, ĭdis, f.prob. akin to capio, q. v., but cf. kufo/s, bent; ku/pellon, cup; and ku/w, to hold,

I a bowl with one handle, especially used in sacrifices: invenitur etiam haec capis (capidis), cujus diminutivum est capidula: et vide quod magis Graecum esse ostenditur, cum in as protulit accusativum pluralem, Prisc. p. 708 P.; cf. also Paul. ex Fest. p. 48 Müll.; Varr. ap. Non. p. 547, 17; Liv. 10, 7, 10; Plin. 37, 2, 7, § 18; Petr. 52, 2; v. capedo.

In the wild

capide Livy, Ab urbe condita, books 6-10 - 10 p7
capidem Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 37.2.p2
capide Livy, Ab urbe condita 1.10.7.10
capides Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 37.2.p2
capides Petronius, Satyricon 52

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. capis (scan p. 121; entry #1740).

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