LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neuterthird declension

capitulāre

capitulāre n (genitive capitulāris)
Classical[ka.pɪ.tʊˈɫaː.rɛ]Ecclesiastical[ka.pi.tuˈlaː.re]

Meaning

  1. head tax, poll tax
    Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum Orell..3345

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecapitulārecapitulāria
genitivecapitulāriscapitulārium
dativecapitulārīcapitulāribus
accusativecapitulārecapitulāria
ablativecapitulārīcapitulāribus
vocativecapitulārecapitulāria

căpĭtŭlāre, is, n. prop. adj., sc. vectigal; caput,
I. a head- or poll-tax, Inscr. Orell. 3345.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kap-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kap-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*káput
  4. Proto-Italic*kaput
  5. Latincapitulāre

Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulum Latin capitulum Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -āris Latin -āre Latin capitulare From capitulum (“small head”) + -āre (substantive of -āris (“-ary”, adjectival suffix)).

Quick answers

What does capitulāre mean in Latin?
capitulāre, a noun, means “head tax, poll tax”.
What is the genitive of capitulāre?
The genitive singular is capitulāris. capitulāre is neuter, third declension.
How do you pronounce capitulāre?
In classical Latin, [ka.pɪ.tʊˈɫaː.rɛ]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ka.pi.tuˈlaː.re].
Where does capitulāre come from?
Proto-Indo-European *kap-? → Proto-Indo-European *kap- → Proto-Indo-European *káput → Proto-Italic *kaput → Latin capitulāre.