English

Noun

capistrum ‎(plural capistra)

1. (historical) Synonym of phorbeia

Latin

Etymology

From capi(ō) ‎(“seize”) +‎ -trum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kaˈpis.trum/, [kaˈpɪs.trũ]

Noun

capistrum n ‎(genitive capistrī); second declension

1. halter, headstall, harness

Inflection

Second declension.

Descendants

References

• capistrum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• capistrum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “capistrum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• capistrum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• capistrum in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin