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capitaneus

capitaneus

Latin

Adjective

capitāneus m ‎(feminine capitānea, neuter capitāneum); first/second declension

large, chief in size
(substantive) captain
(substantive) capital (letters)

Inflection

First/second declension.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular				Plural
nominative	capitāneus	capitānea	capitāneum		capitāneī	capitāneae	capitānea
genitive	capitāneī	capitāneae	capitāneī		capitāneōrum	capitāneārum	capitāneōrum
dative	capitāneō	capitāneae	capitāneō		capitāneīs
accusative	capitāneum	capitāneam	capitāneum		capitāneōs	capitāneās	capitānea
ablative	capitāneō	capitāneā	capitāneō		capitāneīs
vocative	capitānee	capitānea	capitāneum		capitāneī	capitāneae	capitānea

Descendants

Aromanian: cãpitãnj, cãpitãnjiu
Catalan: capità
English: captain, chieftain
French: capitaine
German: Kapitän

Irish: captaen
Italian: capitano, capitagna
Old French: chevetaine
Romanian: căpătâi, căpitan
Spanish: capitán

References

capitaneus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
CAPITANEUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
Félix Gaffiot (1934), “capitaneus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.