capitaneus

Latin

Etymology

  • From caput (“head”) +‎ -āneus.
  • Later absorbed and merged with similar catepanus, capetanus, and other Vulgar Latin renderings of katepano, the senior rank and title of Byzantine military captains of the Catepanate of Italy, from Byzantine Greek κατεπάνω (katepánō, literally “[the one] placed at the top, or the topmost”)

Pronunciation

Adjective

capitāneus (feminine capitānea, neuter capitāneum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. large, chief in size
  2. capital (of letters)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative capitāneus capitānea capitāneum capitāneī capitāneae capitānea
genitive capitāneī capitāneae capitāneī capitāneōrum capitāneārum capitāneōrum
dative capitāneō capitāneae capitāneō capitāneīs
accusative capitāneum capitāneam capitāneum capitāneōs capitāneās capitānea
ablative capitāneō capitāneā capitāneō capitāneīs
vocative capitānee capitānea capitāneum capitāneī capitāneae capitānea

Descendants

Via capitānea f:

Via capitāneum n:

Borrowings:

Unsorted borrowings:

Noun

capitāneus m (genitive capitāneī, feminine capitānea); second declension

  1. captain, commander
  2. governor, commandant
  3. civic official, prefect
  4. tribal chieftain, chief

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative capitāneus capitāneī
genitive capitāneī capitāneōrum
dative capitāneō capitāneīs
accusative capitāneum capitāneōs
ablative capitāneō capitāneīs
vocative capitānee capitāneī

References

  1. ^ Salmon Claudine. Malay (and Javanese) Loan-words in Chinese as a Mirror of Cultural Exchanges. In: Archipel, volume 78, 2009. pp. 181-208
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