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căpĭtellum

căpĭtellum · n

A small head

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What it meant

căpĭtellum — Lewis & Short

căpĭtellum, i, n.dim.caput, capitulum (perh. first post-class., for in

Plin. 24, 19, 113, § 173, and 36, 23, 56, § 178, the MSS. and edd. vary between capitellum and capitulum; not in use in the time of Varro; v. Varr. L. L. 8, § 79 Müll.).

I A small head: paracenterii, Veg. 3, 17, 2.—

II In architecture = capitulum, the capital of a column, Coripp. 4, 59; cf. Isid. Orig. 15, 8, 15; 19, 10, 24; Vulg. 3 Reg. 7, 16.

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