capsa

== Catalan == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin capsa. Doublet of caixa. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ˈkap.sə] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈkap.sa] === Noun === capsa f (plural capses) box ==== Usage notes ==== There is a semantical difference in the usage of caixa and capsa according to their size. Boxes larger than a shoebox are usually called caixa, while boxes smaller than a shoebox (e.g. for matches, confectioneries, pills) are capsa. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Further reading ==== “capsa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 == Italian == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin capsa. Doublet of cassa. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈka.psa/ Rhymes: -apsa Hyphenation: cà‧psa === Noun === capsa f (plural capsae) (historical, Ancient Rome) a cylindrical container used chiefly to store books a drawer where archived documents are stored === Further reading === capsa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana capsa in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication === Anagrams === caspa, pasca == Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *kapsos, from Proto-Italic *kapjō (“to take, to seize”), possibly a relic of a sigmatic aorist stem in Proto-Italic that later merged with the perfective tense. Compare Latin noxa from noceō, also Ancient Greek σκᾰ́ψᾱς (skắpsās), masculine nominative active indicative aorist participle of σκάπτω (skáptō) (not cognate with the Latin term). Cognate with Latin receptāculum. Compare typologically English container, contain, content (<< Latin contineō). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkap.sa] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkap.sa] === Noun === capsa f (genitive capsae); first declension A box, case, holder, repository; especially a cylindrical container for books; bookcase. ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Synonyms ==== (pot): olla (bookcase): librārium, pēgma (box): scrīnium ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === === Further reading === “capsa”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "capsa", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “capsa”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “capsa”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “capsa”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly “capsa”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin “capsa”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press == Romanian == === Etymology === From capsă. === Verb === a capsa (third-person singular present capsează, past participle capsat) 1st conjugation to staple, fasten ==== Conjugation ====