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  • 81capitate — adjective Etymology: Latin capitatus headed, from capit , caput head Date: 1661 1. forming a head 2. abruptly enlarged and globose …

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  • 82capitation — noun Etymology: Late Latin capitation , capitatio poll tax, from Latin capit , caput Date: 1641 1. a direct uniform tax imposed on each head or person ; poll tax 2. a uniform per capita payment or fee 3. a …

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  • 83chapter — noun Etymology: Middle English chapitre, from Anglo French chapitre, chapitle, from Late Latin capitulum division of a book & Medieval Latin, meeting place of canons, from Latin, diminutive of capit , caput head more at head Date: 13th century 1 …

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  • 84decapitate — transitive verb ( tated; tating) Etymology: Late Latin decapitatus, past participle of decapitare, from Latin de + capit , caput head more at head Date: circa 1611 to cut off the head of ; behead • decapitation noun • …

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  • 85occiput — noun (plural occiputs or occipita) Etymology: Middle English, from Latin occipit , occiput, from ob against + capit , caput head more at ob , head Date: 14th century the back part of the head or skull …

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  • 86triceps — noun (plural triceps) Etymology: New Latin tricipit , triceps, from Latin, three headed, from tri + capit , caput head more at head Date: 1676 a muscle that arises from three heads; especially the large extensor muscle along the back of the upper …

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  • 87captain — I. noun Etymology: Middle English capitane, from Anglo French capitain, from Late Latin capitaneus, adjective & noun, chief, from Latin capit , caput head more at head Date: 14th century 1. a. (1) a military leader ; the commander of a unit or a… …

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  • 88Satires of Juvenal — [ Frontispiece depicting Juvenal and Persius, from a volume translated by John Dryden in 1711.] The Satires are a collection of satirical poems by the Latin author Juvenal written in the late 1st and early 2nd centuries CE.Juvenal is credited… …

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  • 89List of Latin words with English derivatives — This is a list of Latin words with derivatives in English (and other modern languages). Ancient orthography did not distinguish between i and j or between u and v. Many modern works distinguish u from v but not i from j. In this article both… …

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  • 90Archbishop Flavian of Constantinople — Infobox Saint name=Saint Flavian of Constantinople birth date= death date=449 AD feast day=February 18 venerated in=Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church imagesize= caption= birth place= death place=Hypaepa, Lydia, Asia Minor titles=… …

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