capitalis

căpĭtālis, e, adj. [caput].

• Relating to or belonging to the head. In this signif. extant only in the subst. capital, a headdress of priests, Varr. L. L. 5, § 130 Müll.; but, capital linteum quoddam, quo in sacrificiis utebantur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 48 ib. —
• II Transf.
• • A Relating to life, by which life is endangered, capital: periculum, peril of life, Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 81 (1088); id. Rud. 2, 3, 19 (349): caedis, id. Most. 2, 2, 44 (474): morbus, endangering life, dangerous, Gell. 16, 13, 5.—
  • • 2 Esp. freq. as jurid. t. t. of those crimes which are punishable by death or by the loss of civil rights, capital, v. Dig. 21, 1, 23, § 2; 48, 1, 2: accusare aliquem rei capitalis, of a capital crime, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 28, § 68: qui in vinculis essent damnati rei capitalis, id. Sen. 12, 42: cui rei capitalis dies dicta sit, Liv. 3, 13, 4: reus rerum capitalium, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 39, § 95: manifesti rerum capitalium, Sall. C. 52 fin.: rerum capitalium condemnati, id. ib. 36, 2: damnati, Tac. A. 1, 21 fin.: in rerum capitalium quaestionibus, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 28, § 68: crimen, id. ib. 2, 5, 9, § 23; Tac. A. 3, 60: facinora, Cic. poët. N. D. 1, 6, 13; cf. flagitia, Ter. Ad. 723: maleficia, Dig. 48, 8, 18 pr.: judex rei capitalis, Quint. 7, 3, 33; Curt. 6, 8, 25; Cic. Dom. 30, 78: capitalium rerum vindices, Sall. C. 55 al.: fraudem admittere, Cic. Rab. Perd. 9, 26: causae, Quint. 8, 3, 14: judicia, id. 4, 1, 57: noxa, Liv. 3, 55, 5: poenā afficere aliquem, Suet. Caes. 48: condemnare, id. Dom. 14: animadversione punire, id. Aug. 24: supplicio incesta coërcere, id. Dom. 8: capitale nullum exemplum vindictae, Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 18: supplicium, Curt. 3, 2, 17: capitalis locus ubl si quid violatum. est, caput violatoris expiatur, Fest. p. 50: judicium trium virorum capitalium, who had charge of the prisons and of executions, Cic. Or. 46, 156; Liv. 39, 14, 10; 25, 1, 10; cf. id. 32, 26, 17; and the joke of Cic. Fam. 7, 13, 2.—Also subst.: căpĭtal (post-Aug. sometimes căpĭtāle, as also in poorer MSS. of earlier authors), plur. capitalia, a death (real or civil), banishment, etc., in consequence of crime: capital = facinus quod capitis poenā luitur, Fest. p. 37: capital κεφαλικὴ τιμωρία, Vet. Gloss.
    • • • α Capital facere, Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 16 (92); id. Merc. 3, 4, 26 (613): scimus capital esse irascier, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 38, 17: quique non paruerit capital esto, Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 21; id. Inv. 2, 31, 96: praesidio decedere apud Romanos capital esse, Liv. 24, 37, 9 Gronov.; Mel. 1, 9, 7 Tzschuck; Curt. 8, 4, 17; 8, 9, 34; Quint. 9, 2, 67: degredi viā capital leges fecere, Plin. 12, 14, 32, § 63; 10, 23, 31, § 62; Just. 2, 7, 8; Suet. Calig. 24 Oud. and Wolf; Sil. 13, 155; cf. Front. 4, 6, 3 Oud.—
        • β Capitale: capitale est obicere anteacta, Quint. 9, 2, 67; Tac. Agr. 2.—
        • γ Plur.: capitalia: capitalia vindicanto, Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 6: capitalia ausi plerique, Liv. 26, 40, 17; Suet. Tib. 58.—
      • b Trop.: inimicus, a mortal enemy, Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 57 (879): hostis, a deadly enemy, Cic. Cat. 2, 2, 3: adversarius, id. Fin. 4, 12, 31: odium, id. Lael. 1, 2: ira, Hor. S. 1, 7, 13: inimicitiae, Dig. 17, 1, 23, § 25: minae, Cod. 2, 20, 7: oratio, very pernicious, dangerous, Cic. Off. 2, 21, 73: capitalis et pestifer Antonii reditus, id. Phil. 4, 1, 3: totius autem injustitiae nulla capitalior quam eorum, etc., id. Off. 1, 13, 41: nulla capitalior pestis quam, etc., id. Sen. 12, 39.—
  • B That is at the head, chief, first in something, pre-eminent, distinguished (rare): capitale vocamus Ingenium sollers (as we often use capital), Ov. F. 3, 839: Siculus ille (sc. Philistus) capitalis, creber, acutus, etc., a writer of the first rank, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 11 (13), 4: jocus, a capital joke, Treb. Poll. XXX. Tyr. 10. —Comp.: hoc autem erat capitalior, quod, etc., more important, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 70, § 170.—Hence, adv.: căpĭtālĭter, mortally, capitally: lacessere, Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 4: odisse, mortally, Amm.21, 16, 11.—Esp.,
  • • 2 As judicial t. t., of punishments, capitally, so as to affect life or citizenship, Cod. Th. 3, 14, 1; Veg. Mil. 2, 22.

capitālis, e, Adi. m. Compar. (caput), I) den Kopf-, das Leben betreffend, 1) eig.: periculum, Lebensgefahr, Plaut.: res, worauf der Tod steht, Cato fr. u. Cic.: ebenso facinus, Caecil. com. fr. u. Cic.: triumviri, Cic.: poena, Todesstrafe, Liv.: vitia, Sen. – 2) übtr., übh. tödlich, Tod-, höchst gefährlich od. verderblich, inimicus, hostis, Cic.: odium, Cic.: oratio, Cic.: capitalior pestis, Cic. – II) vorzüglich in seiner Art, Haupt-, Kapital-, Philistus, ein Hauptschriftsteller, Cic.: ingenium, Ov.: iocus, Treb. Poll. – ➳ Archaist. (zu no. I, 1) caputalis res, Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 196, 26.

capitalis [CL] 1 of or for a (human) head. b (sb. n.) pillow. c (sb. n.) head-band. d (sb. n.) skull. dedit ei mulier pulvinar suum ~e Mir. J. Bev. A 312; a1200 subcamerario licet dare ‥ ~ia pectinaria Chr. Abingd. II 388; s1066 [Haroldus] cerebro occubuit perforato et effusa medulla ~i expiravit Flor. Hist. I 596; unicuique ‥ unam ‥ perticam ‥ a ~i parte ante suum lectum habere conceditur Cust. Westm. 147.  b ~e, heafdbolster Ælf. Gl.; 9‥ ~e, ‥ wangere WW; c1080 [invenit] ij ~ia et iiij arcones et vj limbos cortinarum (Invent.) Lib. Eli. II 114; stramenta lectorum sint ista: ‥ ~e sive cervical sub capite, unum sc. magnum vel duo minora Cust. Cant. 401; 1403 vij cappe pro noctibus, iiij ~ia Ac. Durh. 217; 1417 iij lectos cum ~ibus Reg. Exon. 318.  c ~e, heafodclap WW; et ligat in summo sapiens capitale sacerdos Gower VC III 1801.  d 9‥ ~e, heafodpanne WW. 2 a payable per head, (w. denarius) ‘head-penny’. b payable for stolen chattels. c (sb. n.) head of cattle, chattel. d (sb. n.) value of stolen chattel or wergeld of slave (AS ceap). e ordeal kettle (? by conf. of AS ceac w. ceap). a 1289 retinet per annum xvj s. et viij d. de denariis ~ibus et wardpeni Hund. (Hunts) II 666a (cf. ib. (Oxon) 726a: debet j den. ‥ qui vocatur havedpeny); 1296 sunt ibidem [Little Walsingham, Norf] de ~ibus denariis et valent per annum ij s. IPM 77/3 (Cal. p. 242) .  b reddant callumpniatori suum censum ~em [AS: his ceapgild] (Cons. Cnuti) GAS 329.  c si [curtillum] disclausum sit et introeat alicujus vicini sui captale [AS: his neahgebures ceap] per suum apertum, nichil inde recipiat (Quad.) GAS 107; si aliquod vivum captale persolvatur (Ib.) Ib. 115; reddat dimidium in annona, dimidium in alio captali [AS: in oprum ceape] (Ib.) Ib. 117; reddant Deo decimas utriusque in vivente captali [AS: on cwicum ceape] et in ornotinis frugibus terre (Ib.) Ib. 147; dominica captalia regis celata pro furto habeantur (Leg. Hen. 13. 5) Ib. 558.  d si servus Waliscus Anglicum hominem occidat, debet ille cujus est reddere eum ‥ aut lx s. ‥ dare pro wita sua; si hoc captale [AS: þone ceap] nolit pro eo dare, tunc ‥ (Quad.) GAS 121; de nostro ceapgildo, id est de nostro captali persolvendo (Ib.) Ib. 176; captale suum [AS: pæt ceapgild] repetenti restituat (Ib.) Ib. 153; si furtum redimendum sit, ~e [v. l. captale] repetentis simul conjectent (Leg. Hen. 59. 25a) Ib. 580.  e cirliscus homo qui fuerit ‥ culpabilis inventus in captali [AS: in ceace. v. l. in †ceape] vel in aliter manifesto reus (Quad.) GAS 105; quando aliquis ‥ ad captale [AS: to ceace, v. l. to †ceape] pertrahitur (Ib.) Ib. 117. 3 capital, mortal, involving loss of life: a (of action, judgement or penalty); b (of offence). c (sb. n.) capital punishment. d (sb. n.) capital offence. a patrimonii jacturam insuper et ~e discrimen perhorrescit Aldh. VirgP 35; 735 illius matrimonii scelus ~i sententia multandum Bonif. Ep. 33; GAS 571 (v. criminalis 1a); ut ~e esset supplicium prendisse cervum W. Malm. GR IV 319; ~i sententia [gl.: i. ablatione capitis] condempnantur Neckam Ut. 105.  b 735 unde [matrimonium commatrum] judicetur ~e peccatum esse apud Romanos Bonif. Ep. 34; ~ia crimina secundum canones explicabo: prima superbia, invidia, fornicatio, inanis gloria, ira longo tempore, tristitia seculi, avaritia, ventris ingluvies Egb. Pen. 1.  c capital perpessus sorte sacerdos Aldh. VirgV 1065 (cf. ib. 1142: capital tremulus formidat acerbum); 9‥ ~al, heafodslæge WW.  d cum Lacedaemoniis lex esset ut, hostias nisi sacrificium quoddam redemptor praebuisset, ~e esset Alcuin Rhet. 15; si quis furti vel hujusmodi periculosa ~ium compellatione pulsetur (Leg. Hen. 66. 8) GAS 586. 4 of or at the head (i. e. top): a (w. castrum) top-castle. b (w. corda) head-rope, shroud. c (w. signum) chevron (her.). d (sb. n.) capital (arch.). e (sb. n.) head, clove (of garlic); cf. caput 8c. a 1296 in xvj bordis emptis ‥ ad castrum ~e Ac. Galley Newcastle 182.  b octo copule cordarum ~ium Ac. Galley Newcastle 186.  c est eciam aliud differencie signum, quod laicis attribuitur, viz. signum ~e. et tale signum signat quod portans primo arma assumpsit. describitur sic: portat de argento ~e signum de nigro; G., il port d’argent une chefron de sabull Bad. Aur. 181 (cf. ib. 195); habemus ‥ quedam signa que vocantur signa ~ia, ‥ que quidem signa de facto primo per carpentarios et domorum factores portabantur. et in Latino sermone vocantur ‘tigna’ et G. ‥ cheverons, quia domus nunquam perficitur quousque ad modum capitis illa tigna superponantur. et duo talia tigna conjuncta et ad invicem copulata faciunt unum signum ~e Upton 246.  d tante altitudinis columpnas repperi quod nemo lapillum usque ad ~e potest proicere Greg. Mir. Rom. 15; 1249 super tascham (?) capital[ium] in claustro Ac. Build. Hen. III 218; 14‥ due ‥ columne, ‥ quarum ‥ altera ‥ denotat ejus [Salvatoris] victoriam et honorem, cujus columna ‥ protenditur a basi virtutis usque ad ~e turris honoris Amund. I app. 419.  e alleum: item r.c. de xl ~ibus sive racemis receptis de remanenti FormMan 47. 5 of or at the head (i. e. end). b forming headland (in open field). c (sb.) headland. 1256 concessimus ‥ aream unam de ~i †tosto et crosto [l. tofto et crofto] ecclesie de A. juxta aquam Mon. Hib. & Scot. 72b; 1348 in quolibet angulo ~i ‥ cancelli faciet unum botras (Indentura) Arch. J. LXXXVII 22; faciet in ‥ capite orientali j fenestram. ‥ item faciet in quolibet muro laterali ‥ ij fenestras similes fabrice et forme dicte ~is fenestre Ib..  b c1182 tenet ‥ ij †seygnos ~es de dominico RB Worc. 150; a1220 dedi ‥ ~em sellionem in aquilonali parte de R. Cart. Cockersand 454; a1230 dedisse ‥ iij dim. acras terre ‥ in escambium unius acre ~is in cultura de K. et dim. acre Cart. Osney IV 342; c1241 in campo occidentali j dim. acra [jacet] in altera cultura et extendit super terram ~em Jacobi Ib. 507; 12‥ totum jus ‥ in j dim. acra ‥; et est ~is in capite orientali Reg. Malm. II 275; 1346 dedi ‥ j dim. acram ~em terre arabilis ‥ jacentem in quodam for-long’ vocato le Garstone, super quam v acre terre arabilis ‥ buttant AncD C4222; 1355 j acra ‥ est terra ~is [CatAncD: †captalis] Ib. C 4627; 1567 tenet ‥ ij acras terre ‥ de terra ~i Surv. Pembr. (Devon) 474.  c 1182 canonici concesserunt predictis hominibus ij acras prati pro ~ibus suarum croftarum secus rivulum Ambrosden I 188. 6 capital, initial (of letters). b (sb. f.) capital letter. ad evidenciam majorem volo in capitulis singulis illud quod principaliter tangitur in eis inchoari ~ibus litteris Bacon XVI 1; puerulus lacrimosus ~ium litterarum non admiretur imagines R. Bury Phil. 17. 224.  b 1503 missale de percamino cum ~ibus cum auro sculptis Invent. Ch. Ch. 132. 7 chief, principal (of officials). b (w. dominus) chief lord (feudal). c (w. debitor) original debtor (as dist. from pledge). d (sb. m.) chief, leader. e chief lord (feudal). f chief judge, chaptal (Gasc.). g (compar. = superl.) chiefest. a1120 non ponantur in placitum ‥ nisi coram me vel ~i justitiario meo CalCh V 266; illic residet ~is domini regis justitia, primus post regem in regno ratione fori Dial. Scac. I 4B; GAS 656 (v. 2 constabularius 1); 1242 (v. ib 5a); 1235 constituimus ‥ J. de Neville ~em forestarium et justitiarium nostrum ad totam forestam nostram per Angliam custodiendam Cl 153; s1241 preter prelatos nostros ~es Romanos, viz. pontifices Flor. Hist. II 249; 1290 cap[itales] dec[enarii] cum tota decena SelPlMan 36 (cf. ib. 64: traditus est ~i plegio suo); c1300 quantum clericus ~is vicecomitum Lond’ capiet per annum MGL II 98; 1320 quod venire faceret ‥ omnes ~es constabularios et subconstabularios SessPNorthants 82; 1347 supervisores et ~es ductores sagitariorum RScot I 682a (cf. ib. II 105a: 1390 ~es officiarios guerre); ~es et maximi heretici Wycl. Sim. 18; 1478 abbas vel prior ~is domus alicujus conventualis StatOx 290.  b si vero plures habueri[n]t dominos ipsi heredes ‥, ~es eorum domini, id est illi quibus ligeantiam debent sicut de primis eorum feodis, eorum habebunt custodiam Glanv. VII 10; 1200 tunc veniat ‥ ~is dominus, de quo idem J. prius tenuit, ad concedendum finem factum inter N. et J. CurR I 368; 1219 tenet ipse terras illas in manu sua ut ~is dominus BNB II 41; a1230 ego J., ~is dominus feodi predicti, ‥ retinui mihi ‥ terciam partem dominici tocius feodi Reg. S. Thom. Dublin 16; 1290 de cetero liceat unicuique libero homini terram suam seu tenementum ‥ vendere, ita tamen quod feoffatus teneat terram illam seu tenementum ‥ de eodem ~i domino et per eadem servicia ‥ per que feoffator suus prius tenuit (Quia Emptores) StRealm I 106; s1292 J. de Bayllol, qui recognovit regem Anglie fore Scocie ~em dominum fecitque ei homagium et fidelitatem juravit Rish. 128; 1448 tenendum ‥ de ~ibus dominis feodi illius Reg. Whet. I 50.  c 1218 nec distringatis eos ‥ pro aliquo debito nisi sint inde ~es debitores vel plegii Pat 137; 1233 non distringas ipsum ‥ pro plegagio Nigelli ‥ si idem N., qui ~is debitor est, sufficienter habeat per quod possit distringi pro ‥ v m. KR Mem 13 r. 11.  d in cujus sceleris ~em ira Dei deservit Osb. V. Elph. 125; in omni friborge unus erat ~is, quem ipsi vocabant friborges heved[headborough] (Leg. Ed.) GAS 646; s1241 rex ‥ [Petrum de Sabaudia] sui consilii constituit ~em Flor. Hist. II 244; s1300 hujus dissensionis ~es erant R. ‥ et J. Graystanes 23; 1382 fecit jactanciam quod habuit novem socios ignotos, quod ipse erat ~is eorum SessPCambs 51.  e 1224 dedi ‥ terram ‥ salvo servitio ~ium feodi Mon. Francisc. I 494.  f 1242 rex cabdello et probis hominibus Aquensibus RGasc I 46 (= CalPat 312); majori, capdello, juratis et civibus Ib. 110 (= CalPat 361); 1242 rex majori et cadellis Baionie Cl 501; 1243 prefixus fuit dies ‥ cabdello confratrie Baione Cl 64; 1292 dilecto et fideli nostro ~i de la T. RGasc II 546; 1313 soror et heres ‥ ~is de Bogio Ib. IV 1043.  g 1440 hereticum virum illum, ‥ qui inter viventes omnes et fidei et ecclesie orthodoxe ‥ est bestia crudelior et immanior atque ~ior inimicus Bekynton I 188. 8 capital, principal: a (of city); b (of church or religious house); c (of building or tenement). d (sb. n.) capital messuage or sim.. a oppidum ~e ‥ Slesuuic nuncupatur Æthelw. I 4.  b ~is aecclesiae [AS: heafodmynstres]griðbreche ‥ est sicut infractio regiae pacis (Quad.) GAS 282; 1426 convenire intendit ‥ cum principali et ~i domo cui prioratus de Hincley supradictus attinebat Reg. Cant. II 358.  c hec terra fuit et est de dominio m[anerii] ~i DB I 173b; totum hoc clamat abbas de Westm’, quia ~e manerium datum est S. Petro DB I 377; 11‥ a fossato ~is mansionis mee usque ad exitum ville (Ch.) Feod. Durh. 147n; salvo tamen ~i mesuagio primogenito filio pro dignitate aesnecie sue Glanv. VII 3 (cf. Bracton 76); 1193 concessi ‥ totum manerium meum ‥ cum ~i curia (Ch.) Ambrosden I 210 (cf. (v. 9a infra)); 1194 qui in ~i domo manserit quietus erit et liber (Pontefract) BBC 103; 1220 recuperavit seisinam tam de menbro illo quam de ~i manerio CurR IX 157; 1221 ad perficiendum illud mesuagium, ut sit tam magnum in longitudine et latitudine sicut predictum ~e mesuagium, concessit ‥ Ib. X 148; a1230 ~em mansuram meam in eadem villa FormA 79; 1232 provisum est quod manerium de B. ‥ remaneat Hugoni ‥ pro ~i mesuagio suo de parte sua ‥ de hereditate. ‥ eodem modo provisum est quod castrum de C. pro ~i mesuagio remaneat Willelmo Cl 169; poterit esse per se manerium ~e et plura continere sub se maneria non ~ia Bracton 212; 1308 manerium illud est ~e manerium tocius baronie et hereditatis ‥; de quo manerio ~is aula cum cameris ‥ et aliis edificiis valet per annum ij s. IPM 4/2 r. 2; 1309 cum ‥ ad firmam dimisissent ‥ iiij ~es domos MGL I 338; 1433 apud ~e messuagium de B. Melrose II 516.  d custodiant parentes ejus hoc primum captale [AS: þone frumstol] donec puer excreverit (Quad.) GAS 107; a1221 quiete clamaverunt ‥ totum ~e quod fuit Rogeri ‥ in excambium pro xj solidatis redditus ‥ quos H. pro predicto managio contulit AncD A 1851. 9 a (w. curia) principal court (leg.; v. et. 8c supra). b (w. placitum) chief or original plea or session. c (w. altare) high altar. d (of motives) dominant. a 12‥ si quis burgensis implacitatus fuerit in curia mea ~i de manerio et feodo de Warton BBC 177; 1269 nunquam movebitur aliquod placitum ‥ in ~i curia domini regis nisi per breve a curia domini regis veniens CBaron 69; 1430 per ‥ sectam ad tres ~es curias prioris Feod. Durh. 12; 1552 curia ~is ballivorum burgi de Abirdene (Ch.) Scot. Grey Friars II 229.  b in summis et ~ibus placitis unus hundretus vel comitatus judicetur a duobus (Leg. Hen. 31) GAS 563; a1170 veniant in curia S. Marie [Ebor’] et ibi habeant rectum de ~i placito suo MonA III 548a; super ~i placito plegii etiam afforciabuntur Glanv. I 31; 1194 responsurus quare [etc.] et de ~i placito CurR RC I 4; 1221 sit ad curiam illam responsurus de defalta illa et de ~i placito MGL I 65; 1360 faciendo quolibet anno tres sectas ad tria nostra placita ~ia de R. Reg. Aberd. I 88.  c s844 chartam ‥ super altare ~i in Wintonia obtulit Silgrave 42.  d 1389 eidem ‥ desiderii mei causas et ~es motiones luculenter exposui (Thos. Sampson) Medium Ævum VI 3. 10 (of malt) high-grade, of top quality. 1298 (v. bracium c); 1302 de viij quarteriis brasii ~is receptis de remanenti MinAc W. Wales I 463; 1376 de cclix quarteriis brasii cursalis ‥; item de xxxvij quarteriis brasii ~is Ac. Obed. Abingd. 23. 11 (w. redditus) payable to chief lord. Cf. 7b supra. 1416 de redditu ~i exeunti domino de tenemento Johannis W. CourtR 208/38 m. 4 (cf. ib.: redditus erat x s.; et reddidit hoc anno ij s., unde ~i domino v d. ob.)); 1540 tenet libere villatam de P. et reddit de ~i redditu per annum ij s. RentSurv. R 795 m. 3d.. 12 (w. missa) chapter mass. Cf. capitularis 4e. c1210 missa ~is sive matutinalis pro defunctis vel aliter secundum quod tempus exegerit ad libitum cum cantu vel sine cantu Reg. Moray 42; ad magnam missam et ad missam ~em Cust. Westm. 60 (cf. Cust. Cant. 112). 13 (sb. n.) capital, principal of debt. Cf. sors. 1202 de valetudinariis mercatoribus qui concedunt minoribus †fenoribus [? l. feneratoribus] summam pecunie ad mercimonias exercendas, tandem recepturi ~e suum et desuper partem lucri cum illis communicantes (R. Courçon) EHR XXVIII 730.

căpĭtālis, (10) e (caput), ¶ 1 qui concerne la tête, capital, [c.-à-d., suivant les cas] qui entraîne la mort (peine de mort), ou seulement la mort civile : pœna capitalis Liv. 6, 4, 5, etc., peine capitale ; res capitalis Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 68, affaire capitale ; fraus capitalis Cic. de Or. 1, 232, crime capital ; crimen capitale Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 23, accusation capitale ; triumviri capitales Cic. Or. 156, les triumvirs (commissaires) aux affaires capitales, cf. Liv. 25, 1, 10 ; 39, 14, 10 ¶ 2 [fig.] mortel, fatal, funeste : capitalis hostis Cic. Cat. 2, 3, ennemi mortel ; nulla capitalior pestis quam Cic. CM 39, pas de fléau plus funeste que ; capitale odium Cic. Læl. 2, haine mortelle ; capitalis oratio Cic. Off. 2, 73, discours fatal ; ira Hor. S. 1, 7, 13, colère mortelle ¶ 3 capital, qui tient la tête, qui est le principal : Siculus ille capitalis... pæne pusillus Thucydides Cic. Q. 2, 11, 4, quant au Sicilien [Philistus], cʼest un écrivain de premier ordre... presque un Thucydide au petit pied, cf. Ov. F. 3, 839 ; Plin. 29, 18.

➳ arch. caputalis res S. C. Bacch. CIL 1, 581, 25.

capitalis , e. adj.
該死。重囚者。大害。— homo 該死之人。— inimicus 不共戴天之仇。Capitale ingenium 聰明之人。Capitale periculum 死之危險。Capitale est 係死罪。Capitales triumviri 刑部。大司寇。

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capitālis e, adj.with comp.

• caput, of the head, chief, foremost, pre - eminent, distinguished: Ingenium, O.: ille, a writer of the first rank: erat capitalior, quod, etc., more distinguished.—In law, of life, involving life, capital: accusare alquem rei capitalis, of a capital crime: cui rei capitalis dies dicta sit, L.: reus rerum capitalium: flagitia, T.: noxa, L.: iudicium trium virorum capitalium, who had charge of the prisons and of executions.—Fig., deadly, pernicious, irreconcilable, bitter: flagitia, outrageous, T.: hostis, a deadly enemy: ira, H.: oratio, dangerous: nulla capitalior pestis.

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CAPITA´LIS[CAPUT]

Capitālis

See caput.