different between capitulum vs capitula

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

English

Noun

capitula

1. plural of capitulum

French

Verb

capitula

1. third-person singular past historic of capituler

Latin

Noun

capitula

1. nominative plural of capitulum
2. accusative plural of capitulum
3. vocative plural of capitulum

Portuguese

Verb

capitula

1. third-person singular present indicative of capitular
2. second-person singular imperative of capitular

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French capituler.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kapitu?la]

Verb

a capitula (third-person singular present capituleaz?, past participle capitulat) 1st conj.

1. to capitulate

Conjugation

Related terms

• capitula?ie

Spanish

Verb

capitula

1. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of capitular.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of capitular.