caput

caput itis, n

CAP-, the head : Capillus circum caput Reiectus, T.: caput obnubito, L.: capitis nives, H.: capite operto: aperire: velare, L.: abscindere cervicibus: capite demisso: attollere, O.: extollere, to become bold : breve (equi), H.: coronatum (bovis), Tb.: per caput pedesque ire, heels over head , Ct.: dux cum exercitu supra caput est, i. e. is ready to fall upon us , S.: capita conferre, to lay heads together , i. e. to confer in secret , L.: caput aut collum petere, strike at the vital parts : haec alias inter caput extulit urbes, towers , i. e. excels , V.: aliena negotia Per caput saliunt, run through the head , i. e. the mind , H.: capitis labor, mental exertion , H.— Meton., the head, top, summit, point, end, extremity : iocur sine capite (of a sacrifice), L.: in extis, O.: tignorum, Cs.: cornu duxit, donec curvata coirent capita, the ends , V.— The origin, source, spring, head (of a river), L.: caput unde erumpit Enipeus, V.: celsis caput urbibus exit, my source springs among great cities , V.— The mouth, embouchure (rare): multis capitibus in Oceanum influit, Cs.—Of plants: diducere terram ad capita, the roots , V.: papavera demisere caput, the heads , V.: capitum iugatio, branches (of the vine). — Of mountains, the summit : capita aspera montis, V.— Of persons, a head, person : ridiculum caput!T.: carum, V.: duo haec capita taeterrima: ignota, L.: di capiti ipsius reservent, for himself , V.: capiti cane talia Dardanio rebusque tuis, i. e. for Aeneas and yourself , V.: Perfidum, H.: de sacrando cum bonis capite alcuius, L.: ut caput Iovi sacraretur, L.—With numerals: capitum Helvetiorum milia CCLXIII, souls , Cs.: nullum caput Proserpina fugit, H.: in capita, to each person , L.; cf. sus Triginta capitum fetūs enixa, V.—Fig., life, physical life : Capitis periculum adire, to risk life , T.: caput obiectare periclis, V.: capitis poena, capital punishment , Cs.: certamen capitis et famae: ut capite dimices tuo, L.: caput offerre pro patriā: patrium tibi crede caput (i. e. patris vitam), O.: accusatus capitis absolvitur, of a capital crime , N.: Sthenium capite damnare.— Civil life, personality, civil rights, liberty and citizenship : capitis causae, involving citizenship : iudicium capitis: capitis deminutio, loss of civil rights , Cs.—Poet.: capitis minor, H.—Of persons, a leader, chief, guide : concitandorum Graecorum: capita nominis Latini, heads, chiefs , L.: ut se Suevorum caput credant, chief tribe , Ta.: capita coniurationis securi percussi, L.: illic est huic rei caput, author, contriver , T.: ab illo fonte et capite Socrate: corpori valido caput deerat, leader , L.: ipsum Expugnare caput, the great man himself , H.— A head, chief, capital : Thebae totius Graeciae, first city , N.: Roma, orbis terrarum, L.: castellum eius regionis, principal place , L.: Romam caput Latio esse, L.: ius nigrum, cenae caput, principal dish : fundus, vestrae pecuniae, chief source of income : caput esse artis, decere, the note, characteristic : ad consilium de re p. dandum caput est nosse rem p., first qualification : caput litterarum cum alquo, reason for corresponding : Epicuri, chief dogma : caput belli et summa, V.—In writings, a division, paragraph, chapter : legis: caput Annianum de hereditatibus, passage in the will of A .— Of money, the principal sum, capital, stock : quibus ille de capite dempsisset, reduced their debts : de capite deducite alqd, L.: Quinas hic capiti mercedes exsecet, extort sixty per centum , H.