capital in Latin

IPA: [ˈka.pɪ.taɫ] [Classical-Latin], [ˈkaː.pi.tal] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: Substantivation of apocopated capitāle, nominative neuter singular of capitālis (“punishable by death; of the head”). See capitis poena (“capital punishment”) and -al. Etymology templates: {{glossary|nominative}} nominative, {{glossary|neuter}} neuter, {{glossary|singular}} singular, {{af|la|-al}} -al Head templates: {{la-noun|capital<3>|g=n}} capital n (genitive capitālis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|capital<3>}} Forms: capitālis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], capital [nominative, singular], capitālia [nominative, plural], capitālis [genitive, singular], capitālium [genitive, plural], capitālī [dative, singular], capitālibus [dative, plural], capital [accusative, singular], capitālia [accusative, plural], capitālī [ablative, singular], capitālibus [ablative, plural], capital [singular, vocative], capitālia [plural, vocative]

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"capital" meaning in Latin

Noun