CAPUT, caput
Sounds Like: KAH-poot
Translations: head, a head, top, a top, source, a source, origin, an origin, chief, a chief, capital, a capital, chapter, a chapter, life, a life
From the root: CAPUT
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: Caput is a Latin noun meaning 'head'. It can refer to the physical head of a living being, but also metaphorically to the top or highest part of something, a source or origin, a chief or leader, a capital city, or a division of a book, like a chapter. In a legal context, it can also refer to civil status or even life itself. It is a third declension neuter noun.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Accusative, Vocative, Neuter
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
From the same root
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