different between protuberance vs capitulum

English

Etymology

From French protubérance, from Latin pr?tub?rantia (“bulge; protuberance”), from pr? + t?ber (“swelling; protuberance”) + -antia (“-ance”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /p????tju?b???ns/
• (US) IPA^(key): /p?o??tu?b???ns/

Noun

protuberance (plural protuberances)

1. A bulge, knob, swelling, spine or anything that protrudes.
   • 1989 — Ben Aaronovitch, Remembrance of the Daleks

     Ever since their creation the Daleks have been attempting to conquer and enslave as much of the universe as they could get their grubby little protuberances on.

   Synonyms: bulge, bump, protrusion

Related terms

• protuberant

Translations

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