caput.
head; person; life; leader; top; source/mouth (river); capital (punishment); heading; chapter, principal division; [~ super pedibus => head over heels];
Meaning & usage
the head (of humans and animals)
caput hūmānum
the head (of humans and animals) the head as the seat of the understanding
head; top; summit; point; end; extremity (beginning or end)
origin; source; spring; head (of rivers)
mouth; embouchure (of rivers)
the root
vine branches
the summit; the top (of trees)
a man; person; or animal
physical life
civil or political life
the head; leader; chief; guide; capital (the first or chief person or thing)
caput rērum
division; section; paragraph; chapter.
headlike protuberance on an organ or body part (usually bone)
caput ulnae
Where this word comes from
From Proto-Italic *kaput, from Proto-Indo-European *káput. Cognates include German Haupt and English head.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.