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Capitium2

Capitium2 · n

a covering for the head

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Where it lives

Hecyra 1 · 1.11/10k
Poenulus 1 · 0.91/10k
de Natura Deorum 1 · 0.28/10k
Aeneid 1 · 0.16/10k
De Medicina 1 · 0.1/10k
Noctes Atticae 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

1. căpĭtĭum — Lewis & Short

căpĭtĭum, ĭi, n.caput,

I a covering for the head: capitia = capitum tegmina, Varr. ap. Non. p. 542, 25; also an undervest, as put over the head, though Varr. derives it from capio: capitium ab eo quod capit pectus, id est, ut antiqui dicebant, comprehendit, Varr. L. L. 5, § 131 Müll.: induis, Laber. ap. Gell. 16, 7, 9 (Com. Rel. v. 61 Rib.); Dig. 34, 2, 24.—A vestment of a priest, Hier. Ep. 64.—

II The opening in the tunic through which the head passed (eccl. Lat.), Hier. Ep. 64; id. Vest. Sacerd. 14; Vulg. Exod. 28, 32; 39, 21; id. Job, 30, 18.

2. Căpĭtĭum — Lewis & Short

Căpĭtĭum, ĭi, n.,

I a town in Sicily, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 43, § 103.

In the wild

capitium Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 16.7.9
Capiti Vergil, Aeneid 11.399
Capiti Plautus, Poenulus 3.3
Capiti Celsus, De Medicina 1.4
Capiti Terence, Hecyra 3.1
Capiti Cicero, de Natura Deorum 2.112

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