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CAP 
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va resolvit Corpora.-IT Figur. Ovid. 
Mens captiva, A. e. by love. 
CaPTS (capio), as, avi, atum, a. 1. fre- 
quentat. to catch at, catch, strive to obtain, 
(ro in quest of, seek for solicitously. He¬ 
rat. Pavidumque leporem, et advenam 
laqueo gruem Jucunda captat pr®mia. 
!d. Tantalus a labris sitiens fugientia 
captat Flumina. Virg. Capture feras 
laqueis. Sueton. muscas. Virg. auras 
patulis naribus, to snuff up. Ovid, col- 
la lacertis. Martial, trigonem. - 
If Hence, figur. to seek to catch, h. e. to 
itceive. Tercnt. aliquem. Liv. Inter se 
duo reges captantes. Plant. Capture 
cum aliquo, for aliquem. Id. aliquem 
impudicitiae (in respect to). Pandect, ver¬ 
ba, h. e. to explain sopliistically, to cavil 
on . —Also, figur. to watch, to lie in wail 
for, to strive eagerly or earnestly after. 
Liv. tempus, h. e. to wait for. Cic. as- 
sensionem. Id. occasionem. Liv. so- 
nitum aure admota, to listen attentively 
to. Terent. sermonem alicujus, to try 
to overhear. Cic. solitudines, to seek 
after solitude. Plin. in Paneg. tenebras, 
secretumque. — Also with inf nit. Colum. 
Agricola captans undique voluptates ac- 
quirere. Ovid. Brachiaque intendens, 
prendique et prendere captans. Pluedr. 
Quid me, inquit, stulta dente captas 
lsdere ? try to hurt me. -IT Also, for 
capio, to take, seize. Terent. consilium. 
— Hence, to betake one’s self to, to make 
tse of, enjoy. Virg. frigus. Colum. 
somnos, li. e. to sleep, or wish to sleep. — 
Also, to catch, take in, deceive, overreach. 
Cic. Q.ui te capture vult, h. e. in your 
words. 
CaPTuRX (Id.), 33, f. a catching , taking, 
2 the capture of any thing, aypeva is, ay pa, 
actus capiendi, venatio. Plin. Uber¬ 
rima piscium captura, large draught of 
fishes. Id. alituin, a fowling. Id. pan¬ 
ther®. -—- IT Also, the thing caught, 
prey. Sheton. Aurei hami abrupt! dam¬ 
num nulla captura pensari potest. Plin. 
Pinxit venatores cum captura, game. 
-IT Also, profit, gain, lucre, earnings, 
wages; yet, in general, acquired in a 
dishonest or unbecoming manner. Sue¬ 
ton. Ex capturis prostitutarum, quan¬ 
tum qureque mereret. Valer. Max. In- 
honesti lucri captura invitatus.- 
If Also", what is obtained by begging. Se- 
nec. -IT Also, the endeavor to deceive 
one , cunning, deceit. Plin. Captura in- 
genioram. 
CaPTOS (Id.), us, m. a taking or seizing. 
Val. Max. In captu bonorum suorum. 
— Also, that which is taken or caught. 
Plin. Flos heder® trium digitorum cap¬ 
tu alvum emendat, as much as can be 
taken by two fingers and a thumb; a pinch. 
Pandect. Cum captus piscium vel avi¬ 
um vel missilium emitur.-IT Also, 
power of comprehension, capacity, tal¬ 
ent, genius, ability; state, condition. Cic. 
Ut est captus hominum. Terent. Ilic 
Geta, ut captus est servorum, non mi¬ 
lls, neque iners. Coes. Ubiorum fuit 
civitas ampla atque florens, ut est cap¬ 
tus Germanorum. 
CAPTOS, a, um, particip. See Capio. 
CAPOX, ®, f. Kanvy, S. Maria di Capua, 
a city in Campania, in Italy : the region 
about it was called Campanus ager. 
Virg. and Liv. -Hence, Capuensis, 
e, aaj. pertaining to Capua, Campanian. 
Inscript, ap. Grater. 
CAPOLA, ®. See Capedo. 
CaPOLaRIS (capulus), e, adj. relating to 
3 a bier or coffin. Lucil. apud Fulgent. 
Capulare cadaver. — Capularis homo, a 
man at death’s doer. Plant. (Quid ais 
tu ? itane tibi videor oppido Acherun- 
ticus, tam capularis ? tamne tibi diu 
videor vitam vivere ? 
CXPOLaTOR (capulo), oris, in. one who 
2 draws oil from one vessel into another. 
Cato. 
CAPULTCUS is supposed to have been a 
kind of vessel or bark, in Gell. 1. 10. c. 25. 
Others read caupuli (for capulici ) or capuli. 
CXP0L5 (capula), as, avi, atum, a. 1. to 
2 pour off or draw (oil) from one vessel into 
another. Plin. oleum.-IT In Pomp. 
Mel. to strike or wound (as from capu¬ 
lus ensis). Or, as others make it, to 
catch (as for capio). 
CAPO LOS (capio), i, m. a bier, coffin. Varr. 
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— Hence, Plant. Capuli decus, used of 
one near his death. -IT Also, a handle, 
haft, or hilt, A a(jy. Ovid. Capulus ara- 
tri. Id. Capulus sceptri. — Especially, 
the hilt of a sword, araSpy. Cic. and 
Virg. -IT Isidor. makes it also the 
same ns funis, a rope with which beasts of 
burden are tied; and of the neuter gen¬ 
der. -IT Also used for mentula. Plant. 
CAPUS. See Capo. 3 
CaPOT (unc.), capitis, n. a head, Keifia- 
\y, Kapyvov. Cic. Caput aperire, to un¬ 
cover the head. Id. operire, to cover. 
Plin. Capite gigni, h. e. with the head 
foremost. Virg. pronum volvi in caput, 
to tumble headlong. Terent. Capite ali¬ 
quem in terram statuere, to dash head¬ 
long on the ground; to brain. Pluedr. 
Capite aliquem foras protrudere, h. e. 
head foremost, headlong. Macrob. and 
Aurei. Viet. Caput aut navem, h. e. 
head or tail; a game of boys, in which 
was thrown into the air a copper coin 
bearing on one side the head of Janus, 
on the other a ship. - IT Sometimes 
for the whole man, a man, person, espe¬ 
cially when joined with certain adjec¬ 
tives, and in enumerations or divisions. 
Cies. Cum hostium numerus capitum 
CCCCXXX. millium fuisset. Horal. 
quot capitum vivunt totidem studiorum 
millia. Plaut. Triginta minas pro capi¬ 
te tuo dedi. Cic. De capite libero judi- 
care. Terent. Ridiculuin caput! Id. 
festivum! Virg. carum. Senec. in- 
gratum. Justin, nefandissimum. Cic. 
Acerbissima exactio capitum, ft. c. poll 
tax. Liv. Sextantibus collatis in capita, 
by the number of heads. Sallust. Capite 
e'ensi, ft. c. the poorest class of citizens, 
whose numbers only were enrolled, as they 
had no property. -IT Also, in certain 
cases, applied to the whole of a beast, as 
in English, head. Virg. Sus triginta 
capitum fetus enixa. Colum. Quinque 
et viginti capitum grex. - IT Also, 
the upper part, top, summit of a thing, 
whether round or not, the head; bulb. 
Liv. papaveris, poppy-head. Cass, tigno- 
rum. Plane, in Cic. Ep. pontis. Cic. 
jecinoris. Plin. column®, capital. Sc- 
nec. sylvffi, summit or top. Cato and 
Plin. allii, the head or bulb. Plin. ulce- 
ris, the head of an ulcer or sore. — Also, 
what is like a head, as the extreme part or 
end of a thing. Cic. vitis, shoot. Virg. 
arcus, the ends of the bow. Vitruv. vec- 
tis, the long arm of the lever. Virg. 
capita montis, the projections of a rock. 
x — When applied to a stream, some¬ 
times, the mouth; and sometimes, the 
source. Virg. Caput arnnis, the source. 
So, Horat. aqu®, and Vitruv. fontis. 
But, Lucan. Caput Istri, the mouth. - 
IT Hence, figur. the beginning or origin 
of a thing. Cic. A “capite arcessere. 
Id. Nec caput nec pedes, neither begin¬ 
ning nor end. -IT Often used for vita, 
life :. Plaut. Cui, si capitis res siet, 
nummum nunquam credam plumbeum, 
if his life were at stake. Coes. Capitis 
poeuam, capital punishment. Curt. Ca¬ 
pite luere stolidum consilium, to atone 
for by the forfeiture of life. Tacit. Ca¬ 
pite pcenas expendere. Cic. Orare 
causam capitis, ft. e. in qua de vita ali¬ 
cujus agitur. Id. Vocare aliquem in 
judicium capitis. JVepos. Accusare ca¬ 
pitis. Id. Absolvere capitis. Cic. Con- 
demnare capitis, to condemn to death. 
Id. Damnare capite. Nepos. Ad ire pe- 
riculum capitis, to risk one’s life. Liv. 
Capite suo dimicare, ft. e. sure vitse peri- 
culo.-IT Also, civil life, one’s welfare, 
as, for example, his good name, which is 
as dear to him as life. Hence, in Cic. 
Causa capitis, Id. Caput defendere, 
Id. Capitis damnare, and the like, 
sometimes refer only to one’s welfare, 
weal, or good name. — Especially civil life 
in the judicial sense, that is, the sum of 
all the rights and privileges of a Roman 
citizen in general (which if he loses, he 
loses his caput). Consequently in Cic. 
Causa capitis, Id. Accusare capitis, 
are commonly (except in causa perdueb- 
lionis) to be understood of exilium. — In 
particular, these privileges, viz. freedom, 
rights of citizenship, family. If a man 
loses these three things, it is called di- 
minutii or deminutio capitis maxima; if 
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the first two, media; if the last only, 
minima; which last takes place, fur in¬ 
stance, in marriages and adoptions, as 
Cic. Mulier, qtiffi se capite nunquam di- 
minuit, ft. c. has never passed into anoth¬ 
er family by marriage. So, Horat. Ca¬ 
pitis minor, A. e. having lost his rank as a 
citizen. -IT Figur. head, leader, author. 
Liv. Capita conjurationis. Cic. Caput 
omnium Griccorum concitandorum. 
Plaut. Caput scelerum. — Also, the 
head, li. e. every thing which is most ex¬ 
cellent of its kind. Nepos. Theb® totius 
caput Grsci®. Liv. Capita rerum, 
heads, the most distinguished. Plin. Ca¬ 
put regni, ft. e. head or capital city. — 
Hence, chief matter, main point, chief ar¬ 
ticle. Cic. Coen® caput, principal disk. 
Id. literarum, leading point or substance 
of the letter. Id. rerurn et orationis, 
heads or main points. Id. Caput est, it 
is the main point. Liv. Fundum in 
Vejenti, caput patrimonii, subjecit prte- 
coni, A. e.-the most valuable part. — Also, 
the total nr whole sum of taxes or tithes, 
whether paid in money or corn. Cic. 
De capite frumenti. — Especially, in 
regard to money at interest, the capital. 
Liv. — Also, capital invested in other 
ways. Colum. -IT Also, figur. in 
laws or writings, a head, division, arti¬ 
cle, chapter, paragraph, point. Cic. epis- 
toiffi. Id. legis. — Hence, the precept 
or dogma of a philosopher. Cic. 
CXPyS, yis & yos, m. a Trojan, the com¬ 
panion of JEneas. Virg. - IT Also, 
another, the son of Assaracus, and father 
of Anchises. Gvid. - IT Also, the 
name of an Alban king, the father of 
Capetus or Calpetus. Liv. -IT Also 
written Capis. 
CAR, aris, m. a Carian, an inhabitant of 
Caria. Nepos. — In plur. Cares, um, 
m. the Caria,ns. Virg. -IT Car, also, 
the name of a man, who gave name to the 
province Caria. Plin. 
CARA. See in Carcum. 
CaRaBOS (Kdpafjoy), i, m. a long-tailed 
lobster; according to Beclcmann, Cancer 
cursor of Linnceus. Plin. 
CaRXCaLLX, ®, f. a kind of mantle or 
3 cloak, introduced from Gaul into Rome by 
the emperor Aurelius Antoninus, who 
was hence surnamed Caracalla. Aurei. 
Viet. 
CaRALIS, is, f. KdpaXis, and in plur. 
CXRXLeS, iurn, f. now Cagliari, a city 
of Sardinia. Claudian. and Liv. — 
Hence, Caralitanus, a, um, adj. of or 
pertaining to this city. Liv. — Carali- 
tani, orum, m. inhabitants of the same. 
Cws. -if Also written Calaris. 
CARALITIS, idis, f. a lake in Great 
Phrygia. Plin. 
CXRASlBrS, is, f. IC apapfits, now Capo 
Piscllo, a promontory of Paphlagonia, in 
Asia, extending into the Evonne sea. 
Val. Flacc. -IT Also, a town in the 
same region. Plin. 
CaRB aS (Kapfia;), ®,rn. an easterly wind. 
2 Vitruv. 
CaRBXS£ 0S (carbasus), a, um, adj. 
made of fine flax or linen. Cic. and 
Virg. -IT Carbasineus, a, um, adj. 
the same. Varr. -If Also, Carbasl- 
nus, a, um, adj. the same. Plin. 
CaRBXSOS (icapiraaoi), i, f. and in plur. 
CaRBXSX, orum, n. fine flax, which 
came from Spain. Plin. -IT By synec¬ 
doche, a garment of fine linen. Virg. 
-IT In Scribon. Larg. a thread. - 
IT Also, a curtain, as of a theatre. 
Lucret. Carbasus ut quondam magnis 
intenta theatris Dat crepitum malos 
inter jactata, trabesque. -- IT Also, 
very often, the sail of a ship. Virg. 
tumidoque inflatur carbasus Austro. 
Ovid. Deducere carbasa, to unfurl the 
sails. Id. Subducere carbasa, to strike 
sail. -IT Also, for navis, a vessel, in 
Rutil. 1, 221.-IT In Claudian. Custoa 
Romani carbasus ;evi, the Sibylline books. 
_ IT Used as an adj. by Propert. 
Raptave odorato carbasa lina duci.-- 
IT Pacat. in paneg. ad Theodos. c. 33, 
makes it of the ncut. gender in the sing., 
and Ammian., muse, in the plur. 
CaRBXTINX (uapSarivy), ®, f. crepida, 
3 a coarse kind of shoe, worn chiefly by 
■ rustics. Catull• 
CaRBS (unc.), onis, m. a coal, burning 
