Caput
WordNet
noun
(1) The upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
"He stuck his head out the window"
(2) A headlike protuberance on an organ or structure
"The caput humeri is the head of the humerus which fits into a cavity in the scapula"
WiktionaryText
Etymology
From Indoeuropean *kauput-. Cognates include German Kopf and Haupt.
Noun
- head
- anatomical term; headlike protuberance on an organ or body part, usually bone, for instance caput ulnae
- a disease; a severe swelling of the soft tissues of a newborn's scalp that develops as the baby travels through the birth canal.
- The vital part
- origin, source, head
- Horace, Carmina, 1:1
- nunc ad aquae lene caput sacrae.
- Horace, Carmina, 1:1
- life
- capital city
- Ovid, Ab Urbe Condita, 1:16
- ut mea Roma caput orbis terrarum sit
- Ovid, Ab Urbe Condita, 8:4
- Romam caput Latio esse
- Ovid, Ab Urbe Condita, 1:16
- leader, chief
- chapter
Usage notes
Caput can be used with either a genitive or a dative in the sense of a capital city.