Latin

Proper noun

Capsa

1. An Ancient town in North Africa, succeeded by the southern Tunisian oasis city Gafsa

   Capsa is the eponymous primary findings site of the Paleolithic Capsian culture

   Augustus stationed legionaires in Capsa

2. The Latin name of a Roman Catholic titular see

   After 20 years as bishop of Viana, the capucin Adalberto Paulo da Silva became auxiliary bishop of Fortaleza (also in Brazil, until 2004) and titular bishop of Capsa (which he remained)

Derived terms

• Capsitanus (adjective)

Descendants

• English: Capsian, Capsitan
• French: capsien

References

• Capsa in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Capsa”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

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Noun

capsa f ‎(plural capses)

1. box

Usage notes

There is a semantical difference in the usage of caixa and capsa according to their size. Boxes larger than a shoebox are usually called caixa, while boxes smaller than a shoebox (e.g. for matches, confectioneries, pills) are capsa.

Related terms

• caixa f
• capseta

Latin

Etymology

From capiō ‎(“capture, seize, take”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkap.sa/

Noun

capsa f ‎(genitive capsae); first declension

1. A box, repository; especially a cylindrical container for books; bookcase.

Inflection

First declension.

Synonyms

• (pot): olla
• (bookcase): librārium, pēgma
• (box): scrīnium

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

References

• capsa in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• capsa in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• CAPSA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “capsa”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• capsa in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• capsa in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• capsa in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
• capsa in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976) The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press