caput

Meaning

1. (declension-3, neuter) The head. (of human and animals)
2. (declension-3, neuter, poetic) The head. (of human and animals)
3. (declension-3, neuter) (of inanimate things)
4. (declension-3, neuter, usually) (of inanimate things):
5. (declension-3, neuter) (of inanimate things):
6. (declension-3, neuter, rare) (of inanimate things):
7. (declension-3, neuter, sometimes) (of inanimate things):
8. (declension-3, neuter) (of inanimate things):
9. (declension-3, neuter, poetic) (of inanimate things):
10. (declension-3, neuter) A man, person, or animal.
11. (declension-3, figuratively, neuter) Physical life.
12. (declension-3, figuratively, neuter) Civil or political life.
13. (declension-3, figuratively, neuter) The first or chief person or thing; the head, leader, chief, guide, capital.
14. (declension-3, figuratively, neuter) A division, section, paragraph, chapter.
15. (New-Latin, declension-3, neuter) A headlike protuberance on an organ or body part, usually bone.
16. (New-Latin, declension-3, neuter) A disease; a severe swelling of the soft tissues of a newborn's scalp that develops as the baby travels through the birth canal.

Concepts

head

chapter

pate

capital

chief

leader

brain

🧠

ringleader

boss

chieftain

conductor

etc.

fuhrer

gaffer

honcho

manager

mastermind

metropolis

mind

neck

postmaster

ruler

skull

💀

top

🔝

tribune

knowledge

acceptation

caudillo

authority

being

bellwether

cape

capital city

captain

caput

chairperson

Synonyms

auctor

ductrix

dux

dūx

natura

os

salus

vis

ortus

vita

essentia

exstimulātor

Translations

testa

tête

cabeça

cabeza

cap

Kopf

baş

hoofd

κεφάλι

ser

kop

Haupt

capo

رأس

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈka.pʊt]

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *kaput, from Proto-Indo-European *káput. Cognates include German Haupt and English head.