A dictionary of Greek and Roman . (Simonides, Brunch. 122 ; Sophocles, ap. Cic. ad Ait. ii. 16 ; Aris-toph. Av. 862, Vesp. 580, Eq. 1147; Schol. ad«•) [J. Y.] CAPITALIS. [Caput.]CAPITE CENSI. [Caput.]CAPITIS DEMINUTIO. [Caput.]CAPITIUM, a portion of a womans dress,said by Varro to be so called, because it covers(capit) the breast. (Varr. L. L. v. 131, ed, Miiller,and De Vita P. R. iv. ap. Nonium, s. v. capitia ;comp. Gell. xvi. 7 ; Dig. 34. tit. 2. s. 24.) Butthe word itself would rather lead us to supposethat it was originally a covering for the head(caput). CAPITOLPNI LUD
A dictionary of Greek and Roman . (Simonides, Brunch. 122 ; Sophocles, ap. Cic. ad Ait. ii. 16 ; Aris-toph. Av. 862, Vesp. 580, Eq. 1147; Schol. ad«•) [J. Y.] CAPITALIS. [Caput.]CAPITE CENSI. [Caput.]CAPITIS DEMINUTIO. [Caput.]CAPITIUM, a portion of a womans dress,said by Varro to be so called, because it covers(capit) the breast. (Varr. L. L. v. 131, ed, Miiller,and De Vita P. R. iv. ap. Nonium, s. v. capitia ;comp. Gell. xvi. 7 ; Dig. 34. tit. 2. s. 24.) Butthe word itself would rather lead us to supposethat it was originally a covering for the head(caput). CAPITOLPNI LUDI. [Ludi.] CAPFTULUM. [Columna.] CAPSA (dim. CAPSULA), or SCRFNIUM,the box for holding books among the boxes were usually made of beech-wood(Plin. H. N. xvi. 43. s. 84), and were of a cylin-drical form. There is no doubt respecting theirform, since they are often placed by the side ofstatues dressed in the toga. The following wood-cut, which represents an open capsa with six rollsof books in it, is from a painting at There does not appear to have been any dif-ference between the capsa and the scrinium, exceptthat the latter word was usually applied to thoseboxes which held a considerable number of rolls(scrinia da magnis, Mart. i. 3). Boxes used forpreserving other things besides books, were alsocalled capsae (Plin. xv. 17. s. 18 ; Mart. ), while in the scrinia nothing appears to havebeen kept but books, letters, and other writings. CAPUT. CAPUT. 239 The slaves who had the charge of these book-chests were called capsarii, and also custodies scri-niorum; and the slaves who carried in a capsabehind their young masters the books, &c. ofthe sons of respectable Romans, when they wentto school, were also called capsarii. (Juv. x. 117.)We accordingly find them mentioned together withthe paedagogi. (Suet. Ner. 36.) When the capsa contained books of importance,it was sealed or kept under lock and key (Mart. ) ; whence Horace (Bp. i. 20. 3) says to
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