capulo

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

    From capula (“small cup”) + -ō.

    Verb

    capulō (present infinitive capulāre, perfect active capulāvī, supine capulātum); first conjugation

    1. to decant, pour
    Conjugation
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    Etymology 2

    Noun

    capulō

    1. dative/ablative singular of capulum

    Etymology 3

      Unknown. Perhaps from cāpō (“capon, castrated cockerel”), or capillus (“hair”), thus “shave”; alternatively from a Germanic language, as in Middle Dutch cappen (“cut”), though the latter is itself of uncertain origin.

      Verb

      capulō (present infinitive capulāre, perfect active capulāvī, supine capulātum); first conjugation (Medieval Latin)

      1. to cut off, sever
      2. to cut out
      3. to fell (a tree)
      4. to destroy
      Conjugation
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      Etymology 4

        From capulus +‎ -ō with capulus having the original, unattested meaning "catcher".

        Verb

        capulō (present infinitive capulāre, perfect active capulāvī, supine capulātum); first conjugation

        1. (rare) to catch
        Conjugation
        Derived terms
        Descendants
        • Vulgar Latin: *caplō, *clapō (see there for further descendants)

        References

        • “capulo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
        • "capulare", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
        • “capulo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
        • capulo in Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (1967– ), Mittellateinisches Wörterbuch, Munich: C.H. Beck
        • Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “capulare”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 139
        • Ernout, Alfred; Meillet, Antoine (1985), “capulo”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots‎[1] (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 98