captus
Latin
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-ItalicCategory:Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic#CAPTUSCategory:Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic#CAPTUS *kaptos, from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Latin terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European#CAPTUSCategory:Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#CAPTUS *kaptós (“seized, held”). Synchronically, perfect passive participle of capiō (“seize, take”).
Participle
captus (feminine capta, neuter captum)Category:Latin non-lemma forms#CAPTUSCategory:Latin participles#CAPTUSCategory:Latin perfect participles#CAPTUSCategory:Latin first and second declension participles#CAPTUSCategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#CAPTUSCategory:Pages with entries#CAPTUSCategory:Pages with 1 entry#CAPTUS; first/second-declension participle
- captured, having been captured, seized, having been seized, taken, having been taken
- taken on, having been taken on
- taken in, having been taken in, understood, having been understood
- afflicted, having been afflicted
- (nominalizedCategory:Latin nominalized adjectives#CAPTUS) a prisoner, captive
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | captus | capta | captum | captī | captae | capta | |
| genitive | captī | captae | captī | captōrum | captārum | captōrum | |
| dative | captō | captae | captō | captīs | |||
| accusative | captum | captam | captum | captōs | captās | capta | |
| ablative | captō | captā | captō | captīs | |||
| vocative | capte | capta | captum | captī | captae | capta | |
Descendants
- Italian: catto (archaic)
Etymology 2
From capiō + -tus (forming action nouns)Category:Latin terms suffixed with -tus (action noun)#CAPTUS.
Noun
captus m (genitive captūs)Category:Latin lemmas#CAPTUSCategory:Latin nouns#CAPTUSCategory:Latin fourth declension nouns#CAPTUSCategory:Latin masculine nouns in the fourth declension#CAPTUSCategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#CAPTUSCategory:Latin masculine nouns#CAPTUSCategory:Pages with entries#CAPTUSCategory:Pages with 1 entry#CAPTUS; fourth declension
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
Related terms
References
- “captus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “captus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "captus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- “captus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to be blind: oculis captum esse (vid. sect. IV. 6., note auribus, oculis...)
- (ambiguous) to be affected by disease in every limb; to be paralysed: omnibus membris captum esse
- (ambiguous) to be overcome by sleep: somno captum, oppressum esse
- (ambiguous) to be out of one's mind: mente captum esse, mente alienata esse
- (ambiguous) to be fired with love: amore captum, incensum, inflammatum esse, ardere
- (ambiguous) to be blind: oculis captum esse (vid. sect. IV. 6., note auribus, oculis...)