capus

Latin

capus m (genitive capī); second declension (Late Latin, nonstandard)

Alternative form of caput n (“head”)
- 6th century C.E., Circus Flaminius, Rome CIL .VI 29849a:
  roma capvs mvndi
  Rome [is] the head of the world.

Second-declension noun.

Balkan Romance:
- Aromanian: cap
- Istro-Romanian: cåpete
- Megleno-Romanian: cap, cǫp
- Romanian: cap
Dalmatian:
- cup
Italo-Romance:
- Corsican: capu
- Italian: capo
  - → English: capo
  - →? Istriot: capo
  - → Spanish: capo
  - → Basque: kapo
- Sicilian: capu, capa
Insular Romance:
- Sardinian: cabu
North Italian:
- Friulian: cjâf, čhâv
- Ladin: cë
- Romansch: chau, tgau, cheu, tgieu, cho, tgea
- Gallo-Italic:
  - Emilian: cò
  - Lombard: cò
- Venetian: cao, cavo
Gallo-Romance:
- Catalan: cap
- Old French: chief (see there for further descendants)
- Old Occitan: cap
  - Occitan: cap
  - → Middle French: cap (see there for further descendants)
Ibero-Romance:
- Asturian: cabu
- Galician: cabo
- Ladino: kavo
- Portuguese: cabo
- Spanish: cabo
Vulgar Latin:
- *accapāre (see there for further descendants)

Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “caput”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 130

cāpus m (genitive cāpī); second declension

Second-declension noun.

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