The corpus record — Latin

capito

capito · m

amplif

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Where it lives

Pro Sex. Roscio Amerino 13 · 9.81/10k
Probus 2 · 4.85/10k
Galba 1 · 3.63/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 43-44 - 43 2 · 3.49/10k
Mosella 1 · 3.08/10k
Commodus Antoninus 1 · 2.89/10k
Historiae 14 · 2.72/10k
Noctes Atticae 25 · 2.23/10k
De agri cultura 3 · 1.92/10k
Annales 14 · 1.58/10k
Satyrarum libri 2 · 1.41/10k
Persa 1 · 1.27/10k

Densest 12 of 25 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. căpĭto — Lewis & Short

căpĭto, ōnis, m.

I amplif. [caput], one that has a large head, big-headed.

I Lit., Cic. N. D. 1, 29, 80.—

II Transf.

A A sea-fish with a large head, called also cephalus, Cato, R. R. 158, 1.—

B A kind of fish with a large head: Cyprinus dobula, Linn.; Aus. Mos. 85.

2. Căpĭto — Lewis & Short

Căpĭto, ōnis, m.,

I a Roman cognomen, Atteius Capito; v. Atteius.; esp. in the gens Sestia; v. Fast. Capitol. ap. Grut. 289; and sarcastically, a name given to parasites, Plaut. Pers. 1, 2, 8; v. the commentt. ad h. l.

In the wild

Capitonis Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 5.21.9
Capitone Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 5.20.1
Capitone Cicero, Epistulae ad Familiares 13.29.2
Capito Historia Augusta, Commodus Antoninus 4
Capitonem Tacitus, Annales 13.p33
Capitoni Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 7.15

6 of 121 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. Capito (scan p. 497; entry #8057).

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