capillus

Latin

Etymology

Apparently some diminutive form from the root of caput (head). May be cognate with Persian کوپله (kuple, hair of head) or Persian کوبله (kôbale)[1].

Pronunciation

Noun

capillus m (genitive capillī); second declension

  1. a hair (singularly - a single hair)
    Synonym: pilus
  2. hair (plurally)
  3. a head of hair: locks, tresses
    • 43 BCEc. 17 CE, Ovid, Fasti 2.309:
      odōrātīs humerōs perfūsa capillīs
      with perfumed tresses overflowing her shoulders

Declension

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Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • capillus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • capillus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • capillus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  1. , کوبله Dehkoda Dictionary.
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