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caput

Pronunciation: [ˈka.pʊt]

“caput” is a Latin word. Its 14 meanings in English:

noun

  1. the head (of humans and animals)
  2. the head as the seat of the understanding
  3. head; top; summit; point; end; extremity (beginning or end)
  4. origin; source; spring; head (of rivers)
  5. mouth; embouchure (of rivers)
  6. the root
  7. vine branches
  8. the summit; the top (of trees)
  9. a man; person; or animal
  10. physical life
  11. civil or political life
  12. the head; leader; chief; guide; capital (the first or chief person or thing)
  13. division; section; paragraph; chapter.
  14. headlike protuberance on an organ or body part (usually bone)

In Latin

  1. Pars anterior vel superior animalis, qui cerebrum et os continet.
  2. Pars summa aut extrema rei, praesertim
  3. Homo vel animal singulare.
  4. Vita.
  5. Qui gregem, societatem, &c., ducit.
  6. Pars libri

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *kaput, from Proto-Indo-European *káput. Cognates include German Haupt and English head.

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