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căpĭtŭlāre, is, n. [prop. adj., sc. vectigal; caput], a head- or poll-tax, Inscr. Orell. 3345.
căpĭtŭlārii, ōrum, m. [capitulare],
- I. tax-gatherers and revenue-officers, Cod. 12, 29, 2; Cassiod. Var. 10, 28.
- II. Recruiting-officers, Cod. Th. 6, 35, 3.
‡ căpĭtŭlārĭum, ii, n. [capitulare], a capitation tax, Inscr. Orell. 3345.
căpĭtŭlārĭus, a, um [capitularii, II.], relating to the recruiting of soldiers: functio, Cod. Th. 11, 16, 14.
căpĭtŭlātim, adv. [caput], by heads, summarily (rare; perh. only in the foll. exs.): dicere, Nep. ap. Cato, 3, 4: attingere, Plin. 2, 12, 9, § 55.
căpĭtŭlātus, a, um, adj. [capitulum], having or ending in a small head: costae, Cels. 8, 1: surculus, Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 156.
2. Căpĭtŭlum, i, n., a town of the Hernici in Latium, now perh. Paliano, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 63.
Hence, Căpĭtŭlen-ses, ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Capitulum, Dig. 50, 15, 8, § 7.
1. căpĭtŭlum, i, n. dim. [caput].
- I. Lit., a small head, of man or beast: operto capitulo bibere, Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 14.
Hence, in the lang. of comedy, for a man, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 89; and as a term of endearment: o capitulum lepidissimum, most charming creature, Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 25: haedi, Cels. 2, 22.
- B. Of plants: caepae, Col. 11, 3, 15: sarmenti, id. 3, 77, 4: torcularii, Cato, R. R. 18, 4 al. (perh. also ramulorum, Plin. 24, 19, 113, § 173; 27, 5, 20, § 37; cf. capitellum).
- II. Transf.
- A. In architecture.
- 1. The capital or chapiter of a column, Vitr. 3, 3; 4, 1; Plin. 36, 23, 56, § 178 sq.
- 2. The capital of a triglyph, Vitr. 4, 3, 8.
- 3. The cross-beam of warlike engines, Vitr. 1, 1; 10, 17.
- B. In late Lat., a covering for the head of females, Isid. Orig. 19, 31, 3; cf. Varr. ap. Non. p. 542, 30.
- C. Also late Lat., a prominent part or division of a writing, a chapter, section, Tert. adv. Jud. 9, 19; Hier. in Ezech. c. 47 fin.
- D. A section of a law, Cod. Just. 5, 37, 28.
- E. The raising of recruits (as an office), Cod. Th. 11, 16, 15.