Lewis & Short

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1. capsa, ae, f. [capio; Fr. caisse; Engl. case], a repository, box, esp. for books, bookcase, satchel, * Cic. Div. in Caecil. 16, 51; Hor. S. 1, 4, 22; 1, 10, 63; id. Ep. 2, 1, 268; Juv. 10, 117; also for fruit, Plin. 15, 17, 18, § 65; 15, 19, 21, § 82; Mart. 11, 8.

2. Capsa, ae, f.,

  1. I. a town in Africa, in the districl of Byzacium, surrounded by vast deserts, plundered by Marius in the Jugurthine war, Sall. J. 89, 4; 91 sq.; Flor. 3, 1, 14.
    Hence,
  2. II. Capsenses, ium, m., the inhabitants of Capsa, Sall. J. 92, 3 sq.; in Plin. 5, 4, 4, § 30, called Capsĭtāni.