capitellum
Ἔοικα γοῦν τούτου γε σμικρῷ τινι αὐτῷ τούτῳ σοφώτερος εἶναι, ὅτι ἃ μὴ οἶδα οὐδὲ οἴομαι εἰδέναι → I seem, then, in just this little thing to be wiser than this man at any rate, that what I do not know I do not think I know either
Latin > English
capitellum capitelli N N :: small head; capital/chapiter of a column
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
căpĭtellum: i, n.
dim. caput, capitulum (perh. first post-class., for in Plin. 24, 19, 113, § 173, and 36, 23, 56, § 178, the MSS. and edd. vary between capitellum and capitulum; not in use in the time of Varro; v. Varr. L. L. 8, § 79 Müll.).
I A small head: paracenterii, Veg. 3, 17, 2.—
II In architecture = capitulum, the capital of a column, Coripp. 4, 59; cf. Isid. Orig. 15, 8, 15; 19, 10, 24; Vulg. 3 Reg. 7, 16.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
căpĭtellum, ī, n. (dim. de caput, cf. Varro L. 8, 79 ), tête, extrémité : Veg. Mul. 2, 17, 2 ; Cass. Fel. 44, p. 111, 9 || chapiteau de colonne : Isid. Orig. 15, 8, 15.
Latin > German (Georges)
capitellum, ī, n. (Demin. v. caput, s. Varr. LL 8, 79), I) der kleine Kopf, das Köpfchen, Veget. mul. 3, 17, 2. – II) übtr., das Säulenkapitäl, Vulg. 3. regg. 7, 16. Augustin. quaest. in exod. 110. Coripp. 4, 59. Isid. 15, 8, 15.
