capitulum
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Searchable Lemmata: capitulum (L).
Alternate Forms: capitula.
Definitions and Defining Citations:
1(n.)
Headgear;
item for the head: head cloth; bolster; female headpiece (Isidore); also cf. capital, capitalis. From Classical Latin (head, with various senses).(ante 700 - ante 1100)
1. Ornamenta capitis feminarum: diadema, nimbum, capitulum et mitra. Diadema est ornamentum capitis matronarum ex auro et gemmis contextum, quod in se circumactis extremitatibus retro adstringitur; et exinde dictum Graece quod praeligetur.
[DOE ISID. Etym. (19,31,1)]
2. Capitulum est quod vulgo capitulare dicunt. Idem et cappa, vel quod duos apices ut cappa littera habeat, vel quia capitis ornamentum est.
[DOE ISID. Etym. (19,31,3)]
Sex: Female Use: n/a Status: Uncertain Rank: Uncertain Ceremonial: No
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Etymological Evidence:
Definite, From Classical Latin (originally meaning head, developing various related senses).
WF: Borrowed into the British Isles
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