capus

== Latin == === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== capus m (genitive capī); second declension (Late Latin, nonstandard) alternative form of caput n (“head”) ===== Declension ===== Second-declension noun. ===== Descendants ===== ==== References ==== Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911), “caput”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 130 === Alternative forms === capys === Etymology 2 === Possibly from Etruscan [Term?] (“falcon”) (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkaː.pʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkaː.pus] ==== Noun ==== cāpus m (genitive cāpī); second declension archaic form of cāpō (“capon”) (Can we verify(+) this sense?) a bird of prey ===== Declension ===== Second-declension noun.