noun
capsŭla
Meaning
- a small box
capsŭla, ae, f. dim. capsa,
I. a small box or chest, Fab. Pictor. ap. Gell. 10, 15, 14; Cat. 68, 36; Plin. 30, 11, 30, § 102.—Hence, homo de capsulā, one who is excessively neat, nice:
juvenes barbā et comā nitidi, de capsulā toti, quite from the bandbox, Sen. Ep. 115, 2.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
capsula ae, f
capsa, a small box, casket, Ct.