capulus

Latin

Alternative forms

• capulum

Etymology

Etymology tree

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Proto-Indo-European *kap-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti

Proto-Italic *kapjō

Archaic Latin kapiō

Latin capiō

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-e-lós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -ulus

Latin capulus

From capiō +‎ -ulus. Active interpretation of the suffix leads to the first, passive interpretation to the second meaning.

Noun

capulus m (genitive capulī); second declension

1. sarcophagus, bier, sepulchre, tomb
2. handle, hilt (of a sword)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	capulus	capulī
genitive	capulī	capulōrum
dative	capulō	capulīs
accusative	capulum	capulōs
ablative	capulō	capulīs
vocative	capule	capulī

Derived terms

• capulō

Descendants

• Old French: cable
  • French: câble (see there for further descendants)
  • → Middle English: cable (see there for further descendants)
• Italian: cappio
• Portuguese: cabo
• Sicilian: chiaccu
• Spanish: cápulo

References

• “capulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “capulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "capulus", 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)
• “capulus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “capulus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “capulus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin