"capillus" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: /kaˈpil.lus/ [Classical], [käˈpɪlːʲʊs̠] [Classical], /kaˈpil.lus/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [käˈpilːus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
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). Etymology templates: {{m|la|caput||head}} caput (“head”), {{cog|fa|کوپله|gloss=hair of head|tr=kuple}} Persian کوپله (kuple, “hair of head”), {{cog|fa|کوبله|tr=kôbale}} Persian کوبله (kôbale) Head templates: {{la-noun|capillus<2>}} capillus m (genitive capillī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|capillus<2>}} Forms: capillī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], capillus [nominative, singular], capillī [nominative, plural], capillī [genitive, singular], capillōrum [genitive, plural], capillō [dative, singular], capillīs [dative, plural], capillum [accusative, singular], capillōs [accusative, plural], capillō [ablative, singular], capillīs [ablative, plural], capille [singular, vocative], capillī [plural, vocative]
  1. a hair (singularly - a single hair) Tags: declension-2, masculine Synonyms: pilus
    Sense id: en-capillus-la-noun-tTNeKFc9
  2. hair (plurally) Tags: declension-2, masculine
    Sense id: en-capillus-la-noun-J06QaZKd
  3. a head of hair: locks, tresses Tags: declension-2, masculine Categories (topical): Hair
    Sense id: en-capillus-la-noun-QXI7r3lN Disambiguation of Hair: 18 27 56 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 6 26 69 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 30 31 39
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: capillascō, capillitium, capillāceus, capillāgō, capillāmenta, capillāmentum, capillāris, capillātus, capillōsus, ātricapillus

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "capillascō"
    },
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      "word": "capillitium"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "capillāceus"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "capillāgō"
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      "word": "capillāmenta"
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      "word": "capillāmentum"
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      "word": "capillātus"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    }
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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "cabell"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: cabell",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: cabell"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dlm",
            "2": "capei"
          },
          "expansion": "Dalmatian: capei",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dalmatian: capei"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "cheveu"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: cheveu, chavel, chevel; cavel, caveu, caviau, cavieu, kavel\nBourguignon: cheveu\nMiddle French: cheveu\nFrench: cheveu\nLorrain: tchavou\nNorman: g'veu, queveu\nPicard: caviau (Artois), cavieu (Picardy)\nWalloon: tchvea",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: cheveu, chavel, chevel; cavel, caveu, caviau, cavieu, kavel\nBourguignon: cheveu\nMiddle French: cheveu\nFrench: cheveu\nLorrain: tchavou\nNorman: g'veu, queveu\nPicard: caviau (Artois), cavieu (Picardy)\nWalloon: tchvea"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "Friulian: cjaveli, čhavêl"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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            "1": "gl",
            "2": "cabelo"
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          "expansion": "Galician: cabelo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: cabelo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Gallo-Italic:"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rgn",
            "2": "cavèl"
          },
          "expansion": "Romagnol: cavèl",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "Ravenna"
          },
          "expansion": "(Ravenna)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romagnol: cavèl (Ravenna)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "got",
            "2": "𐌺𐌰𐍀𐌹𐌻𐌻𐍉𐌽",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Gothic: 𐌺𐌰𐍀𐌹𐌻𐌻𐍉𐌽 (kapillōn)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Gothic: 𐌺𐌰𐍀𐌹𐌻𐌻𐍉𐌽 (kapillōn) ( < *capillāre)"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "capello"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: capello",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: capello"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nap",
            "2": "capillo"
          },
          "expansion": "Neapolitan: capillo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "Neapolitan: capillo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "cabel"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: cabel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: cabel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "cabelo"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: cabelo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: cabelo"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
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            "3": "tgavel"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romansch: chavel, tgavel"
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          "args": {
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          "expansion": "Sicilian: capiḍḍu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: capiḍḍu"
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
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          "name": "desc"
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
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          "expansion": "Venetian: cavel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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    {
      "form": "capillī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
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      "form": "capillī",
      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
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    },
    {
      "form": "capillī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "capillōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "capillō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "capillīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "capillum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "capillōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "capillō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "capillīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "capille",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "capillī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "capillus<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "capillus m (genitive capillī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "capillus<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a hair (singularly - a single hair)"
      ],
      "id": "en-capillus-la-noun-tTNeKFc9",
      "links": [
        [
          "hair",
          "hair"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "pilus"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "hair (plurally)"
      ],
      "id": "en-capillus-la-noun-J06QaZKd",
      "links": [
        [
          "hair",
          "hair"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "6 26 69",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "30 31 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 27 56",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Hair",
          "orig": "la:Hair",
          "parents": [
            "Body parts",
            "Body",
            "Anatomy",
            "Human",
            "Biology",
            "Medicine",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "with perfumed tresses overflowing her shoulders",
          "ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 2.309",
          "text": "odōrātīs humerōs perfūsa capillīs"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a head of hair: locks, tresses"
      ],
      "id": "en-capillus-la-noun-QXI7r3lN",
      "links": [
        [
          "head of hair",
          "head of hair"
        ],
        [
          "locks",
          "locks"
        ],
        [
          "tresses",
          "tresses"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kaˈpil.lus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[käˈpɪlːʲʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaˈpil.lus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[käˈpilːus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "capillus"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Latin 3-syllable words",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin masculine nouns",
    "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin second declension nouns",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "la:Hair"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "capillascō"
    },
    {
      "word": "capillitium"
    },
    {
      "word": "capillāceus"
    },
    {
      "word": "capillāgō"
    },
    {
      "word": "capillāmenta"
    },
    {
      "word": "capillāmentum"
    },
    {
      "word": "capillāris"
    },
    {
      "word": "capillātus"
    },
    {
      "word": "capillōsus"
    },
    {
      "word": "ātricapillus"
    }
  ],
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          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "cabell"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: cabell",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: cabell"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dlm",
            "2": "capei"
          },
          "expansion": "Dalmatian: capei",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dalmatian: capei"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
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          },
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          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: cheveu, chavel, chevel; cavel, caveu, caviau, cavieu, kavel\nBourguignon: cheveu\nMiddle French: cheveu\nFrench: cheveu\nLorrain: tchavou\nNorman: g'veu, queveu\nPicard: caviau (Artois), cavieu (Picardy)\nWalloon: tchvea"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "cjaveli",
            "3": "čhavêl"
          },
          "expansion": "Friulian: cjaveli, čhavêl",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Friulian: cjaveli, čhavêl"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "cabelo"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: cabelo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: cabelo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Gallo-Italic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rgn",
            "2": "cavèl"
          },
          "expansion": "Romagnol: cavèl",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "Ravenna"
          },
          "expansion": "(Ravenna)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romagnol: cavèl (Ravenna)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "got",
            "2": "𐌺𐌰𐍀𐌹𐌻𐌻𐍉𐌽",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Gothic: 𐌺𐌰𐍀𐌹𐌻𐌻𐍉𐌽 (kapillōn)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Gothic: 𐌺𐌰𐍀𐌹𐌻𐌻𐍉𐌽 (kapillōn) ( < *capillāre)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "capello"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: capello",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: capello"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nap",
            "2": "capillo"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Neapolitan: capillo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "cabel"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: cabel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: cabel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "cabelo"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: cabelo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: cabelo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "chavel",
            "3": "tgavel"
          },
          "expansion": "Romansch: chavel, tgavel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romansch: chavel, tgavel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "capiḍḍu"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: capiḍḍu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: capiḍḍu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "cabello"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: cabello",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: cabello"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "cavel"
          },
          "expansion": "Venetian: cavel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetian: cavel"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "caput",
        "3": "",
        "4": "head"
      },
      "expansion": "caput (“head”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "کوپله",
        "gloss": "hair of head",
        "tr": "kuple"
      },
      "expansion": "Persian کوپله (kuple, “hair of head”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "کوبله",
        "tr": "kôbale"
      },
      "expansion": "Persian کوبله (kôbale)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Apparently some diminutive form from the root of caput (“head”). May be cognate with Persian کوپله (kuple, “hair of head”) or Persian کوبله (kôbale).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "capillī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "capillus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "capillī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "capillī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "capillōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "capillō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "capillīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "capillum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "capillōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "capillō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "capillīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "capille",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "capillī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "capillus<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "capillus m (genitive capillī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "capillus<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a hair (singularly - a single hair)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hair",
          "hair"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "pilus"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "hair (plurally)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hair",
          "hair"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "with perfumed tresses overflowing her shoulders",
          "ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 2.309",
          "text": "odōrātīs humerōs perfūsa capillīs"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a head of hair: locks, tresses"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "head of hair",
          "head of hair"
        ],
        [
          "locks",
          "locks"
        ],
        [
          "tresses",
          "tresses"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kaˈpil.lus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[käˈpɪlːʲʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaˈpil.lus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[käˈpilːus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "capillus"
}

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