accapito

Latin

Alternative forms

  • acapitō, accaptō

Etymology

Uncertain, perhaps from ac +‎ captō (catch, seek) or from acceptō (receive, accept).

Pronunciation

Verb

accapitō (present infinitive accapitāre); first conjugation, no perfect or supine stems, impersonal in the passive (Medieval Latin)

  1. (intransitive) to obtain assent for possession of a fief, to pay homage (to)
  2. (transitive) to buy

Conjugation

  • accapitum

Descendants

  • Catalan: acaptar
  • Old Spanish: acabdar
    • Spanish: acaldar

References

  • "accaptare", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • ac(c)apto in Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (1967– ) Mittellateinisches Wörterbuch, Munich: C.H. Beck
  • Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “accaptare”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 8