different between proboscis vs capitulum

English

Etymology

From Latin proboscis, from Ancient Greek ????????? (proboskís, “elephant's trunk”) literally "means for taking food," from ???- (pro-, “before”) +? ????? (bósk?, “to nourish, feed”), from the root *bot, from which also comes ?????? (botán?, “grass, fodder”); more at botany.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?o??b?s(k)?s/

Noun

proboscis (plural proboscises or proboscides)

1. (anatomy) An elongated tube from the head or connected to the mouth, of an animal.
   1. (entomology, malacology) The tubular feeding and sucking organ of certain invertebrates like insects, worms and molluscs.
   2. The trunk of an elephant.
2. (informal, mildly humorous) A large or lengthy human nose.

Derived terms

• proboscis monkey
• proboscis worm

Translations

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????????? (proboskís).

Noun

proboscis f (genitive proboscidis); third declension

1. proboscis
2. snout
3. trunk

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

• ? English: proboscis
• Italian: proboscide
• Portuguese: probóscide
• Spanish: probóscide

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