capitina

Latin

Etymology

Derived from caput (“head”).

Noun

capitīna f (genitive capitīnae); first declension (Late Latin)

1. The meaning of this term is uncertain.
   • 4th c. AD, unknown, Testamentum porcelli:

     de meis uisceribus dabo donabo sutoribus saetas rix[at]oribus capitinas surdis auriculas causidicis et uerbosis linguam

     ...from my organs I leave my bristles for cobblers, my capitinas for squabblers, my ears for the deaf, my tongue for lawyers and blabbermouths...

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	capitīna	capitīnae
genitive	capitīnae	capitīnārum
dative	capitīnae	capitīnīs
accusative	capitīnam	capitīnās
ablative	capitīnā	capitīnīs
vocative	capitīna	capitīnae

Descendants

• Aromanian: cãpitsãnã
• Megleno-Romanian: căpătsǫnă
• Romanian: căpățână

References

• "capitina", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)