captus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *kaptos, from Proto-Indo-European *kaptós (“seized, held”). Synchronically, perfect passive participle of capiō (“seize, take”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkap.tʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkap.tus]
• Hyphenation: cap‧tus

Participle

captus (feminine capta, neuter captum); first/second-declension participle

1. captured, having been captured, seized, having been seized, taken, having been taken
2. taken on, having been taken on
3. taken in, having been taken in, understood, having been understood
4. afflicted, having been afflicted

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	captus	capta	captum		captī	captae	capta
genitive	captī	captae	captī		captōrum	captārum	captōrum
dative	captō	captae	captō		captīs
accusative	captum	captam	captum		captōs	captās	capta
ablative	captō	captā	captō		captīs
vocative	capte	capta	captum		captī	captae	capta

Descendants

• Italian: catto (archaic)

Noun

captus m (genitive captūs); fourth declension

1. A taking, seizing.
2. A thing which is taken or grasped.
3. A prisoner, captive.
4. A notion, capacity to comprehend.

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	captus	captūs
genitive	captūs	captuum
dative	captuī	captibus
accusative	captum	captūs
ablative	captū	captibus
vocative	captus	captūs

Synonyms

• (a taking): capiō
• (prisoner): captīvus

Related terms

• capta
• captīvus
• captō
• captor
• captūra

References

• “captus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “captus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "captus", 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)
• “captus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to be blind: oculis captum esse (vid. sect. IV. 6., note auribus, oculis...)
    
  • (ambiguous) to be affected by disease in every limb; to be paralysed: omnibus membris captum esse
    
  • (ambiguous) to be overcome by sleep: somno captum, oppressum esse
    
  • (ambiguous) to be out of one's mind: mente captum esse, mente alienata esse
    
  • (ambiguous) to be fired with love: amore captum, incensum, inflammatum esse, ardere