different between capitellum vs capitulum

English

Etymology

Latin capitellum. Doublet of caddy, cadet, and caudillo.

Noun

capitellum (plural capitella)

1. (botany, anatomy, arachnology) Synonym of capitulum

Anagrams

• multiplace

Latin

Etymology

Found in Late Latin. From capitulum.

Noun

capitellum n (genitive capitell?); second declension

1. (Late Latin) small head
2. (Late Latin) capital or chapiter of a column

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Descendants

• Catalan: cabdell
• ? English: capitellum, capitellar, capitellate
• ? German: Kapitell
• Italian: capitello
  • ? Portuguese: capitel
• ? Norwegian: kapitel, kapitél
• Old French: chapitel
  • French: chapiteau
    • ? Czech: šapitó
• Old Occitan: cabdel, capitel
  • Gascon Occitan: capdet
    • ? French: cadet (see there for further descendants)
  • ? Old French: cadel
    • ? English: cadel
    • French: cadeau
      • ? Danish: cadeau
      • ? Dutch: cadeau
        • Afrikaans: kado
        • ? Indonesian: kado
  • ? Spanish: capitel
• Old Spanish: cabdiello
  • Spanish: caudillo, cabdillo
    • ? Catalan: cabdill (from obsolete form cabdillo)
    • ? English: caudillo
    • ? French: caudillo
    • ? Portuguese: caudilho
• Portuguese: cabedelo, coudel
• Romanian: c?pe?el
• ? Russian: ????????? (kapitél?)
• Sardinian: cabitéllu
• Translingual: Capitella

References

• capitellum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• capitellum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• capitellum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin capitulum. Doublet of chapiter and chapter.

Noun

capitulum (plural capitula)

1. (botany) A densely clustered inflorescence composed of a large number of individual florets arising from a platform-like base.
2. (arachnology) The head-like mouthpart apparatus of a tick, including the palpi, mandibles, and hypostome.
3. (anatomy) A small protuberance on a bone which articulates into another bone to form a ball-and-socket joint.
4. (entomology, obsolete) The enlarged end of a proboscis.

Synonyms

• capitellum

Translations

Latin

Alternative forms

• (part or division of a writing): cap., c.

Etymology

From caput (“head”) +? -ulum (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ka?pi.tu.lum/, [kä?p?t???????]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ka?pi.tu.lum/, [k??pi?t?ulum]

Noun

capitulum n (genitive capitul?); second declension (Diminutive of caput)

1. A head-like object or structure.
2. (Late Latin) A chapter, either:
   1. A prominent section or formal division of a text.
   2. Various civic and ecclesiastical councils or bodies, as cathedral chapters.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Synonyms

• (Late Latin: prominent part or division of a writing): caput

Derived terms

• capitellum

Descendants

References

• capitulum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• capitulum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• capitulum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• capitulum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• capitulum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• capitulum in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• capitulum in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• capitulum in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin