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caput
[ key-puht, kap-uht ]
noun
, Anatomy.
, plural ca·pi·ta [kap, -i-t, uh].
- any head or headlike expansion on a structure, as on a bone.
caput
/ ˈkæp-; ˈkeɪpət /
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Word History and Origins
Origin of caput1
1640–50; < Latin: head
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Word History and Origins
Origin of caput1
C18: from Latin
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Example Sentences
The Nevada Democrat was over; his career dead; his reign atop the Senate caput.
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Caput dorsumque olivaceo-viridia, plumis in medio longitudinaliter fusco-lineatis.
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Caput et truncus supra tesserulis minutis, infra squamis minimis, tecti.
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Every head shows a different colouring: one red as sealing-wax, another rose-pink, a third caput mortuum.
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Hc cingit niveis tempora liliis, Hc e purpureis serta gerit rosis, Huic molles viol et suavis amaracus Nectunt virgineum caput.
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Ad corinthios Mulier uelet caput suum Wummon sei e apostle schal wreon hire heaued.
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