The corpus record — Latin

capistrum

capistrum · n

A halter

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Where it lives

Georgicon 2 · 1.41/10k
Satyricon 1 · 0.33/10k
Metamorphoses 1 · 0.19/10k
Epigrammata 1 · 0.18/10k
Metamorphoses 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant

căpistrum — Lewis & Short

căpistrum, i, n.capio.

I A halter, a muzzle of leather for animals, Gr. forbei/a, Varr. R. R. 2, 6, 4; Ov. M. 10, 125; Verg. G. 3, 188; 3, 399.—

B Trop.: maritale capistrum, the matrimonial halter, Juv. 6, 43. —

II Transf., of plants,

A A band for fastening up vines, Col. 4, 20, 3.—

B A band for the wine-press, Cato, R. R. 12.

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Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. capistrum (scan p. 121; entry #1744).

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