capitium

căpĭtĭum, ĭi, n. [caput],

• a covering for the head: capitia = capitum tegmina, Varr. ap. Non. p. 542, 25; also an undervest, as put over the head, though Varr. derives it from capio: capitium ab eo quod capit pectus, id est, ut antiqui dicebant, comprehendit, Varr. L. L. 5, § 131 Müll.: induis, Laber. ap. Gell. 16, 7, 9 (Com. Rel. v. 61 Rib.); Dig. 34, 2, 24.—A vestment of a priest, Hier. Ep. 64.—
• II The opening in the tunic through which the head passed (eccl. Lat.), Hier. Ep. 64; id. Vest. Sacerd. 14; Vulg. Exod. 28, 32; 39, 21; id. Job, 30, 18.

2. capitium, ī, n., I) ein kurzer, den obern Körperteil eng umschließender Überwurf der röm. Frauen, etwa Mieder, Korsett, Varr. LL. 5, 131. Varr. de vit. p. R. 2. fr. 22 u. 23 K. (b. Non. 542, 25 sqq.). Laber. com. 61. Ulp. dig. 34, 2, 23. § 2. – II) die Öffnung oben in der Tunika, durch die der Kopf gesteckt wurde, Hier. ep. 64, 14. Vulg. exod. 28, 32 u. 39, 23; Tob. 30, 18. Mythogr. Lat. 1, 147 u. 2, 203. Schol. Iuven. 3, 81.

1 capitium [cf. OF chevez] 1 head, east end (of church). ecclesie sue ~ium Pariis lapidibus marmoreisque columnis miro artificio renovavit et totum a fundamento opere sumptuosissimo novum erexit Gir. Rem. 26. 2 (infl. by caputium; cf. capitera, chevicium) headland (in open field). b strip of meadow at end of ploughland. c1230 dim. acram iiij sulcis minus que abuttant [sic] super capucium Alexandri Reg. Linc. II 260; c1230 quieta clamaverunt ‥ canonicis tria ~ia que incluserunt dicti canonici muro Cart. Osney IV 262; c1240 in campo australi goras quas G. tenuit, que faciunt ij acras, et terciam acram que est caputium gorarum Ib. 155; c1250 xviij acras terre arabilis sicut jacent cum capuciis ‥ infra parochiam de B. Cart. Harrold 123; 1276 venit ad capuciam forlongi et vidit Philippum ‥ spicas colligendo RCoron 4 m. 5; 1276 divertit cursum ‥ aque ‥, per quod tenentes de M. amittunt capucia continencia j acram et dim Hund. I 43b.  b a1200 dedi ‥ duas foreras cum caputiis prati FormA 184; c1225 dedi ‥ j acram ‥ cum ~iis prati ejusdem acre Cart. Osney IV 341; 12‥ j dim. acram terre mee cum capudicio [sic] prati ‥ jacentem super culturam que vocatur Marfurlonk’ AncD A 7452; s1284 emimus a B. S. quandam croftam terre arabilis et quedam ~ia prati que de nobis tenuit Ann. Dunstable 314.

2 capitium v. 2 caputium

1 căpĭtĭum, ĭī, n. (caput), vêtement de femme qui couvre la poitrine : Varro L. 5, 131 || cape qui couvre la tête : Non. 542, 25 || ouverture supérieure de la tunique : Laber. 62 ; Gloss. 5, 617, 40.

capitium , ii. n.
女胸巾。

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CAPITIUM

CAPIT´IUMa portion of a woman's dress, said by Varro to be so called because it covers (capit) the breast (Varr. L. L. 5.131, and de Vita P. R. iv. ap. Nonium, p. 542, s. v. capitia: cf. Gell. 16.7.9; Dig. 34, 2, 24). The word itself might lead us to suppose that it was originally, like capital, a covering for the head; but there is express testimony that it was worn over the tunic (Laber. ap. Aul. Gell. l. c.) and covered the breast, not the head (Müller, ad Fest. p. 57). Rich, and after him Saglio, have identified it as a corset, not unlike those still worn by the present women of Italy, and have figured it from a sepulchral marble published by Gori (Inscript. Antiq. Florent. p. 344).

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Capitium

A portion of a woman's dress, said by Varro to be so called because it covers (capit) the breast (Varr. L. L. v. 131). The word itself might lead us to suppose that it was originally, like capital, a covering for the head; but there is express testimony that it was worn over the tunic, covering the breast and not the head.