capus

capus m (genitive capī); second declension (Late Latin, nonstandard)

alternative form of caput n (“head”)
- 6th century C.E., Circus Flaminius, Rome CIL .VI 29849a:
  roma capvs mvndi
  Rome [is] the head of the world.

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Insular Romance:
- Sardinian: cabu
Balkano-Romance:
- Aromanian: cap
- Istro-Romanian: cåpete
- Megleno-Romanian: cap, cǫp
- Romanian: cap
Italo-Dalmatian:
- Corsican: capu
- Dalmatian: cup
- Italian: capo
  - → English: capo
  - →? Istriot: capo
  - → Spanish: capo
  - → Basque: kapo
- Sicilian: capu, capa
- Venetan: cao, cavo
Rhaeto-Romance:
- Friulian: cjâf, čhâv
- Ladin: cë
- Romansch: chau, tgau, cheu, tgieu, cho, tgea
Gallo-Italic:
- Emilian: cò
- Lombard: cò
Gallo-Romance:
- Northern:
  - Old French: chief (see there for further descendants)
- Southern:
  - Catalan: cap
  - Old Occitan: cap
    - Occitan: cap
    - → Middle French: cap (see there for further descendants)
Ibero-Romance:
- Asturian: cabu
- Old Galician-Portuguese: cabo
  - Galician: cabo
  - Portuguese: cabo
- Old Spanish:
  - Ladino: kavo
  - Spanish: cabo
⇒ Vulgar Latin: *accapāre (see there for further descendants)

Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911), “caput”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 130

Possibly from Etruscan [Term?] (“falcon”) (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

cāpus m (genitive cāpī); second declension

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