The corpus record — Latin

Capua

Capua · f

the chief city of Campania

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Where it lives

Ab Urbe Condita, books 26-27 - 26 71 · 41.97/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 21-25 - 23 31 · 21.09/10k
De Lege Agraria 29 · 21.04/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 21-25 - 25 26 · 17.94/10k
Ab Urbe Condita, books 26-27 - 27 17 · 9.78/10k
Ordo Urbium Nobilium 1 · 9.56/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 6-10 - 7 12 · 9.08/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 6-10 - 9 11 · 6.86/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 21-25 - 24 9 · 6.36/10k
Didius Julianus 1 · 6.29/10k
Hannibal 1 · 4.89/10k
Verus 1 · 4.86/10k

Densest 12 of 64 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

Căpŭa — Lewis & Short

Căpŭa, ae, f., = *kapu/h [kindred with campus, q. v.],

I the chief city of Campania, celebrated for its riches and luxury, now Sta. Maria di Capua, Mel. 2, 4, 2; Cic. Pis. 11, 24; 11, 25; id. Agr. 1, 6, 18 sq.; 2, 32, 87; Verg. G. 2, 224; Hor. Epod. 16, 5; id. S. 1, 5, 47; id. Ep. 1, 11, 11: Capua ab campo dicta, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 63; cf. Liv. 4, 37, 1; other fabulous etymologies v. in Serv. ad Verg. A. 10, 145, and Paul. ex Fest. p. 43 Müll.: Capuam Hannibali Cannas fuisse, Flor. 2, 6, 21; cf. Cannae.—

II Adj.

A Campanus, v. under Campania, 2. a.—

B Căpŭensis, e, of Capua (late Lat.), Inscr. Orell. 3766.—Plur.: Capuenses, the inhabitants of Capua, Schol. Bobiens. Cic. post Red. in Sen. p. 249 Orell.—

C Că-pŭānus, of Capua, used by some acc. to analogy, Varr. L. L. 10, § 16, p. 163 Bip.

In the wild

Capuam Cicero, Letters to Atticus 8.3.4
Capuam Livy, Ab urbe condita 2.26.12.13
Capuam Ausonius, Epistularum 2.p1
Capuam Livy, Ab urbe condita 2.24.19.8
Capua Livy, Ab urbe condita 2.26.33.7
Capuam Cicero, Letters to Atticus 7.21.2

6 of 621 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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