caput

[ key-puht, kap-uht ]

noun

, Anatomy.

, plural ca·pi·ta [kap, -i-t, uh].

1. any head or headlike expansion on a structure, as on a bone.

caput

/ ˈkæp-; ˈkeɪpət /

noun

1. See head
   anatomy a technical name for the head
2. the main or most prominent part of an organ or structure

Word History and Origins

Origin of caput¹

1640–50; < Latin: head

Word History and Origins

Origin of caput¹

C18: from Latin

Example Sentences

The Nevada Democrat was over; his career dead; his reign atop the Senate caput.

From The Daily Beast

Caput dorsumque olivaceo-viridia, plumis in medio longitudinaliter fusco-lineatis.

From Project Gutenberg

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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