capitellum

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οἵτινες πόλιν μίαν λαβόντες εὐρυπρωκτότεροι πολύ τῆς πόλεος ἀπεχώρησαν ἧς εἷλον τότεafter taking a single city they returned home, with arses much wider than the city they captured

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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.