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capitalem

Dictionary entries

  • capitalis, capitale, capitalior -or -us, capitalissimus -a -um:

    Adjective · 3rd declension

    Frequency:
    Frequent
    Dictionary:
    Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)

    = of/belonging to head/life; deadly, mortal; dangerous; excellent, first-rate;

    Entry →
    acc. sg. (m./f.)

Examples

  • T

    Poenulus

    Titus Maccius Plautus

    "...Scin tu erum tuom meo ero esse inimicum capitalem? SYNC. Scio. MIL. Propter amorem— SYNC. Omnem operam perdis..."
  • T

    Miles Gloriosus

    Titus Maccius Plautus

    "...tollas fabulam: tuis nunc cruribus capitique fraudem capitalem hinc creas. nam tibi iam ut pereas paratum est dupliciter..."
  • M

    In Catilinam II

    Marcus Tullius Cicero from Catilinarian Orations

    "...triumphat oratio mea, me vehementer accuset, quod tam capitalem hostem non comprehenderim potius quam emiserim, non est ista..."
  • T

    Liber XXXIX

    Titus Livius (Livy)

    "...amatore sermonem in rem non seriam modo sed capitalem etiam uerti uellet: se terrendi eius causa, non quod..."
  • T

    Liber XXIII

    Titus Livius (Livy)

    "...auxilium—cum honesta utilibus cedunt—descendit edixitque qui capitalem fraudem ausi quique pecuniae iudicati in vinculis essent..."

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