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capitulum.

chapter/article (in book); religious/cathedral chapter, chapter meeting/house; little head; piles/hemorrhoids; flower-head/seed-capsule; head of a structure;

9 characters4 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[kaˈpɪ.tʊ.ɫũː]Classical-Latin[kaˈpiː.tu.lum]
  1. A head-like object or structure.

    declension-2 · neuter
  2. A chapter, either: A prominent section or formal division of a text.

    Late-Latin · declension-2 · neuter
  3. A chapter, either: Various civic and ecclesiastical councils or bodies, as cathedral chapters.

    Late-Latin · declension-2 · neuter
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap-? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *káput Proto-Italic *kaput Latin caput Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulum Latin capitulum From caput (“head”) + -ulum (diminutive suffix). Compare typologically Ancient Greek κεφάλαιον (kephálaion), Bulgarian глава (glava), Russian глава́ (glavá), Serbo-Croatian поглавље.

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