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căpŭla [dim. from capis; cf. capedo], a small bowl with handles, Varr. L. L. 5, § 12 Müll.

căpŭlāris, e, adj. [capulus], pertaining to or destined for a bier: capularem dici voluerunt senem jam morti contiguum; sed et reos capulares dicebant, qui capulo digni forent, Fulg. p. 563, 11 sq.: cadaver, Lucil. ap. Fulg. l. l.: tam oppido Acherunticus? Tam capularis, near the grave, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 33 (Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 222; 11, 64).

căpŭlātor (contr. CAPLATOR, Inscr. Orell. 2239; 3765), ōris. m. [capulo], he that pours out of one vessel into another, a decanter, Cato, R. R. 66, 1; Col. 12, 50, 10.

1. căpŭlo, āre, v. a. [capula], to pour off (oil, wine, etc.), Cato, R. R. 66, 1; Plin. 15, 6, 6, § 22.

2. capŭlo, āre, v. a. [capulus, IV.]; of animals, to catch, Mel. 2, 5, 7; Col. 6, 2, 4; cf. Isid. Orig. 20, 16, 5.

căpŭlus, i, m. (acc. to Gramm. also că-pŭlum, i, n., Paul. ex Fest. p. 61 Müll.; Non. p. 4, 21 sq.; Isid. Orig. 20, 16, 5) [capio; prop. the holder].

  1. I. A sarcophagus, bier, sepulchre, tomb: capulum … vocatur et id, quo mortuo efferatur, Paul. l. l.: capulum dicitur quicquid aliquam rem intra se capit: nam sarcophagum, id est sepulchrum, capulum dici veteres volunt, quod corpora capiat … Novius … Prius in capulo quam in curuli sellā. Lucilius Satyrarum libro secundo, quem illi quom vidissent … in capulo hunc non esse, aliumque cubare. Var. Cosmotorque, Propter cunam capulum positum nutrix tradit pollictori, Non. p. 4, 21 sqq.; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 222: (feretrum) Latine capulus dicitur, id. ib. 11, 64: dum funera portant, Dum capulo nondum manus excidit, Stat. Th. 3, 362: monumentum quoddam conspicamur. Ibi capulos carie et vetustate semitectos, quis inhabitabant pulverei et jam cinerosi mortui, App. M. 4, p. 150, 27: capuli lecti funerei vel rogi in modum arae constructi, Placid. Gloss. tom. III. p. 451.
    Hence: ire ad capulum, to go to the grave, Lucr. 2, 1174; and sarcastically: capuli decus, one who deserves a bier = capularis, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 42.
  2. II. That by which any thing is seized or held, the handle: aratri, Ov. P. 1, 8, 57: sceptri, id. M. 7, 506.
    Esp., the hilt of a sword, Cic. Fat. 3, 5; Verg. A. 2, 553; 10, 536; Ov. M. 7, 422; 12, 133; 12, 491; Petr. 82, 2; Tac. A. 2, 21; App. M. 1, p. 108 al.; cf.: capulum manubrium gladii vocatur, Paul. l. l.
    Hence,
  3. III. = membrum virile, Plaut. Cas. 5, 2, 29; with the addition of coleorum, Auct. Priap. 24, 7.
  4. IV. Capulum, a halter for catching or fastening cattle, a lasso, Isid. Orig. 20, 16, 5; cf. capulo.