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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=capitalis capitale, capitalior -or -us, capitalissimus -a -um ADJ :: of/belonging to head/life; deadly, mortal; dangerous; excellent, first-rate
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>căpĭtālis</b>: e, adj. [[caput]].<br /><b>I</b> Relating to or belonging to the [[head]]. In this signif. [[extant]] [[only]] in the subst. [[capital]], a headdress of priests, Varr. L. L. 5, § 130 Müll.; [[but]], [[capital]] [[linteum]] quoddam, quo in sacrificiis utebantur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 48 ib. —<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Relating to [[life]], by [[which]] [[life]] is endangered, [[capital]]: [[periculum]], [[peril]] of [[life]], Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 81; id. Rud. 2, 3, 19: caedis, id. Most. 2, 2, 44: [[morbus]], endangering [[life]], [[dangerous]], Gell. 16, 13, 5.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Esp. freq. as jurid. t. t. of those crimes [[which]] are [[punishable]] by [[death]] or by the [[loss]] of [[civil]] rights, [[capital]], v. Dig. 21, 1, 23, § 2; 48, 1, 2: accusare aliquem rei [[capitalis]], of a [[capital]] [[crime]], Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 28, § 68: qui in vinculis essent damnati rei [[capitalis]], id. Sen. 12, 42: cui rei [[capitalis]] [[dies]] dicta [[sit]], Liv. 3, 13, 4: [[reus]] rerum capitalium, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 39, § 95: manifesti rerum capitalium, Sall. C. 52 fin.: rerum capitalium condemnati, id. ib. 36, 2: damnati, Tac. A. 1, 21 fin.: in rerum capitalium quaestionibus, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 28, § 68: [[crimen]], id. ib. 2, 5, 9, § 23; Tac. A. 3, 60: facinora, Cic. poët. N. D. 1, 6, 13; cf. flagitia, Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 5: maleficia, Dig. 48, 8, 18 pr.: judex rei [[capitalis]], Quint. 7, 3, 33; Curt. 6, 8, 25; Cic. Dom. 30, 78: capitalium rerum vindices, Sall. C. 55 al.: fraudem admittere, Cic. Rab. Perd. 9, 26: causae, Quint. 8, 3, 14: judicia, id. 4, 1, 57: [[noxa]], Liv. 3, 55, 5: poenā afficere aliquem, Suet. Caes. 48: condemnare, id. Dom. 14: animadversione punire, id. Aug. 24: supplicio incesta coërcere, id. Dom. 8: capitale nullum [[exemplum]] vindictae, Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 18: [[supplicium]], Curt. 3, 2, 17: [[capitalis]] [[locus]] ubl si [[quid]] violatum. est, [[caput]] violatoris expiatur, Fest. p. 50: judicium trium virorum capitalium, [[who]] had [[charge]] of the prisons and of executions, Cic. Or. 46, 156; Liv. 39, 14, 10; 25, 1, 10; cf. id. 32, 26, 17; and the [[joke]] of Cic. Fam. 7, 13, 2.—Also subst.: căpĭtal (postAug. [[sometimes]] căpĭtāle, as also in poorer MSS. of earlier authors), plur. capitalia, a [[death]] ([[real]] or [[civil]]), [[banishment]], etc., in [[consequence]] of [[crime]]: [[capital]] = [[facinus]] [[quod]] capitis poenā luitur, Fest. p. 37: [[capital]] κεφαλικὴ [[τιμωρία]], Vet. Gloss.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Capital facere, Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 16; id. Merc. 3, 4, 26: scimus [[capital]] esse irascier, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 38, 17: quique non paruerit [[capital]] esto, Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 21; id. Inv. 2, 31, 96: praesidio decedere [[apud]] Romanos [[capital]] esse, Liv. 24, 37, 9 Gronov.; Mel. 1, 9, 7 Tzschuck; Curt. 8, 4, 17; 8, 9, 34; Quint. 9, 2, 67: degredi viā [[capital]] leges fecere, Plin. 12, 14, 32, § 63; 10, 23, 31, § 62; Just. 2, 7, 8; Suet. Calig. 24 Oud. and Wolf; Sil. 13, 155; cf. Front. 4, 6, 3 Oud.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Capitale: capitale est obicere anteacta, Quint. 9, 2, 67; Tac. Agr. 2.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Plur.: capitalia: capitalia vindicanto, Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 6: capitalia ausi [[plerique]], Liv. 26, 40, 17; Suet. Tib. 58.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Trop.: [[inimicus]], a [[mortal]] [[enemy]], Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 57: [[hostis]], a [[deadly]] [[enemy]], Cic. Cat. 2, 2, 3: [[adversarius]], id. Fin. 4, 12, 31: [[odium]], id. Lael. 1, 2: ira, Hor. S. 1, 7, 13: inimicitiae, Dig. 17, 1, 23, § 25: [[minae]], Cod. 2, 20, 7: [[oratio]], [[very]] [[pernicious]], [[dangerous]], Cic. Off. 2, 21, 73: [[capitalis]] et [[pestifer]] Antonii [[reditus]], id. Phil. 4, 1, 3: totius [[autem]] injustitiae nulla capitalior [[quam]] eorum, etc., id. Off. 1, 13, 41: nulla capitalior [[pestis]] [[quam]], etc., id. Sen. 12, 39.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> That is at the [[head]], [[chief]], [[first]] in [[something]], pre-[[eminent]], [[distinguished]] ([[rare]]): capitale vocamus Ingenium [[sollers]] (as we [[often]] [[use]] [[capital]]), Ov. F. 3, 839: [[Siculus]] [[ille]] (sc. [[Philistus]]) [[capitalis]], [[creber]], [[acutus]], etc., a [[writer]] of the [[first]] [[rank]], Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 11 (13), 4: jocus, a [[capital]] [[joke]], Treb. XXX. Tyrann. 10. —Comp.: hoc [[autem]] erat capitalior, [[quod]], etc., [[more]] [[important]], Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 70, § 170.—Hence, adv.: căpĭtālĭter, [[mortally]], [[capitally]]: lacessere, Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 4: odisse, [[mortally]], Amm. 21, 16, 11.—Esp.,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; As [[judicial]] t. t., of punishments, [[capitally]], so as to [[affect]] [[life]] or [[citizenship]], Cod. Th. 3, 14, 1; Veg. Mil. 2, 22.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>căpĭtālis</b>,¹⁰ e ([[caput]]),<br /><b>1</b> qui concerne la tête, [[capital]], [c.-à-d., suivant les cas] qui entraîne la mort (peine de mort), ou seulement la mort civile : pœna [[capitalis]] Liv. 6, 4, 5, etc., peine [[capitale]] ; [[res]] [[capitalis]] Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 68, affaire [[capitale]] ; [[fraus]] [[capitalis]] Cic. de Or. 1, 232, crime [[capital]] ; [[crimen]] [[capitale]] Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 23, accusation [[capitale]] ; [[triumviri]] capitales Cic. Or. 156, les triumvirs (commissaires) aux affaires capitales, cf. Liv. 25, 1, 10 ; 39, 14, 10<br /><b>2</b> [fig.] mortel, fatal, funeste : [[capitalis]] [[hostis]] Cic. Cat. 2, 3, ennemi mortel ; nulla capitalior [[pestis]] [[quam]] Cic. CM 39, pas de fléau [[plus]] funeste que ; [[capitale]] [[odium]] Cic. Læl. 2, haine mortelle ; [[capitalis]] [[oratio]] Cic. Off. 2, 73, discours fatal ; [[ira]] Hor. S. 1, 7, 13, colère mortelle<br /><b>3</b> [[capital]], qui tient la tête, qui [[est]] le principal : [[Siculus]] [[ille]] [[capitalis]]... pæne [[pusillus]] [[Thucydides]] Cic. Q. 2, 11, 4, quant au Sicilien [[Philistus]], c’[[est]] un écrivain de premier ordre... presque un Thucydide au petit pied, cf. Ov. F. 3, 839 ; Plin. 29, 18. arch. [[caputalis]] [[res]] S. C. Bacch. CIL 1, 581, 25.
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{{Georges
|georg=capitālis, e, Adi. m. Compar. ([[caput]]), I) den [[Kopf]]-, das [[Leben]] betreffend, 1) eig.: [[periculum]], [[Lebensgefahr]], Plaut.: [[res]], [[worauf]] der [[Tod]] steht, [[Cato]] fr. u. Cic.: [[ebenso]] [[facinus]], Caecil. com. fr. u. Cic.: [[triumviri]], Cic.: [[poena]], [[Todesstrafe]], Liv.: vitia, Sen. – 2) übtr., übh. [[tödlich]], [[Tod]]-, [[höchst]] [[gefährlich]] od. [[verderblich]], [[inimicus]], [[hostis]], Cic.: [[odium]], Cic.: [[oratio]], Cic.: capitalior [[pestis]], Cic. – II) [[vorzüglich]] in seiner [[Art]], [[Haupt]]-, [[Kapital]]-, [[Philistus]], [[ein]] [[Hauptschriftsteller]], Cic.: [[ingenium]], Ov.: [[iocus]], Treb. Poll. – / Archaist. (zu no. I, 1) [[caputalis]] [[res]], Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 196, 26.
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{{LaZh
|lnztxt=capitalis, e. ''adj''. :: 該死。重囚者。大害。— homo 該死之人。— inimicus 不共戴天之仇。Capitale ingenium 聰明之人。Capitale periculum 死之危險。Capitale est 係死罪。Capitales triumviri 刑部。大司寇。
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