capitatio

Latin

Etymology

From caput +‎ -ātiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ka.pɪˈtaː.ti.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ka.piˈtat.t͡si.o]

Noun

capitātiō f (genitive capitātiōnis); third declension

1. headcount

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	capitātiō	capitātiōnēs
genitive	capitātiōnis	capitātiōnum
dative	capitātiōnī	capitātiōnibus
accusative	capitātiōnem	capitātiōnēs
ablative	capitātiōne	capitātiōnibus
vocative	capitātiō	capitātiōnēs

Descendants

• → Catalan: capitació
• → English: capitation
• → French: capitation
• → Italian: capitazione
• → Portuguese: capitação
• → Romanian: capitație, capitațiune
• → Spanish: capitación

References

• “capitatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “capitatio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.