noun · femininefirst declension
capsa1
capsa f (genitive capsae)
Classical[ˈkap.sa]Ecclesiastical[ˈkap.sa]
Meaning
- feminineA box, case, holder, repository; especially a cylindrical container for books; bookcase.
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | capsa capsella, capsula | capsae capsellae, capsulae |
| genitive | capsae capsellae, capsulae | capsārum capsellārum, capsulārum |
| dative | capsae capsellae, capsulae | capsīs capsellīs, capsulīs |
| accusative | capsam capsellam, capsulam | capsās capsellās, capsulās |
| ablative | capsā capsellā, capsulā | capsīs capsellīs, capsulīs |
| vocative | capsa capsella, capsula | capsae capsellae, capsulae |
capsa, ae, f. capio; Fr. caisse; Engl. case,
I. a repository, box, esp. for books, bookcase, satchel, * Cic. Div. in Caecil. 16, 51; Hor. S. 1, 4, 22; 1, 10, 63; id. Ep. 2, 1, 268; Juv. 10, 117;
also for fruit, Plin. 15, 17, 18, § 65; 15, 19, 21, § 82; Mart. 11, 8.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
capsa ae, f
capio, a repository, box, bookcase, C.: delatae, H.: aperta (for waste - paper), H.: angusta (of a school-boy's satchel), Iu.
Origins
From Proto-Italic *kapsos, from Proto-Italic *kapjō (“to take, to seize”), possibly a relic of a sigmatic aorist stem in Proto-Italic that later merged with the perfective tense. Compare Latin noxa from noceō, also Ancient Greek σκᾰ́ψᾱς (skắpsās), masculine nominative active indicative aorist participle of σκάπτω (skáptō) (not cognate with the Latin term). Cognate with Latin receptāculum. Compare typologically English container, contain, content (<< Latin contineō).
Derivates
- Englishcapsicumfrom New Latin capsicum
- Italiancapsicofrom New Latin capsicum
- Portuguesecápsicofrom New Latin capsicum
- Vulgar Latin*capseum
- TranslingualCapsicumfrom New Latin capsicum
Elsewhere
- Catalancapsa
- Italiancapsa
- Romaniancapsă
- Ancient Greekκάψα
- Czechkapsa
Southern Gallo-Romance
- Occitancaissafrom Old Occitan caissa
- Occitancaishafrom Old Occitan caissa
- Old Catalancaixa
- Emiliancasciafrom Old Occitan caissa
- Liguriancàsciafrom Old Occitan caissa
- Lombardcasciafrom Old Occitan caissa
- Piedmontesecassiafrom Old Occitan caissa
- Piedmontesecasciafrom Old Occitan caissa
- Romagnolcasciafrom Old Occitan caissa
- Romanshchaschafrom Old Occitan caissa
Italo-Dalmatian
- Italiancassa
- Siciliancassa
- Cimbriankèsslefrom Venetan casa
Ibero-Romance
- Portuguesecaixa
- Aragonesecaixa
- Aragonesecaxa
Gallo-Italic
- Emiliancassa
- Lombardcassa
Northern Gallo-Romance
- Old Frenchchasse
- Old Northern Frenchcasse