capillus

Latin > English

capillus capilli N M :: hair; hair of head; single hair; hair/fur/wool of animals; hair-like fiber

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

căpillus: i, m. (căpillum, i, n., Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 97, acc to Non. p. 198, 20) [a
dim. form, akin to caput and Gr. κεφαλή; lit., adj. sc. crinis.
I Lit., the hair of the head, the hair (while crinis is any hair).
   A Collect. (hence, acc. to Varr, ap. Charis. p. 80 P. in his time used only in the sing.; but the plur is found once in Cic., and since the Aug. poets very freq.) capillus passus, prolixus, circum caput Rejectus neglegenter, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 49; cf. id. Phorm. 1, 2, 56: versipellis, Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 48: compositus (or -um, acc. to Non. l. l.), id. Most. 1, 3, 97; Ter Eun. 4, 3, 4 Ruhnk.; 5, 2, 21: compositus et delibutus, Cic. Rosc. Am. 46, 135: horridus, id. Sest. 8, 19: promissus, long hair, Caes. B. G. 5, 14: longus barbaque promissa, Nep. Dat. 3, 1: horrens. Tac. G. 38: ornatus, Prop. 1, 2, 1: tonsus, Ov. M. 8, 151: niger, Hor. A. P. 37: albus, id. Epod. 17, 23: albescens, id. C. 3, 14, 25: fulvus, Ov. M. 12, 273 (opp. barba): virgines tondebant barbam et capillum patris, Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 58: capillum et barbam promisisse, Liv. 6, 16, 4; Plin. 11, 39, 94, § 231.—
   B A hair (sing. very rare): in imaginem capilli unius sat multorum, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 11, 29.—So plur. (freq.), Cic. Pis. 11, 25; Prop. 1, 15, 11; 3 (4), 6, 9; Hor. C. 1, 12, 41; 1, 29, 7; 2, 11, 15; 3, 20, 14; Quint. 8, 2, 7; 11, 3, 160 (in Ov. M. alone more than fifty times).—
II Transf.
   A The hair of men gen., both of the head and beard: Dionysius cultros metuens tonsorios, candente carbone sibi adurebat capillum, Cic. Off. 2, 7, 25 Beier (cf. id. Tusc. 5, 20, 58: ut barbam et capillum sibi adurerent): ex barbā capillos detonsos neglegimus, Sen. Ep. 92, 34; Suet. Ner. 1.—
   B The hair of animals: cuniculi, Cat. 25, 1: apum, Col. 9, 10, 1; Pall. Jun. 7, 7: haedi, Gell. 12, 1, 15: membranae, Pers. 3, 10; cf. Macr. S. 5, 11.—
   C The threads or fibres of plants, Phn. 21, 6, 17, § 33: capillus in rosā, id. 21, 18, 73, § 121; hence, capillus Veneris, a plant, also called herba capillaris, maidenhair, App. Herb. 47.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

căpillus,⁸ ī, m., cheveu, chevelure : [sing. collectif] capillus promissus Cæs. G. 5, 14, cheveux longs ; [pl.] compti capilli Cic. Pis. 25, cheveux bien peignés || poil de la barbe : Suet. Nero 1 || poil des animaux : Col. Rust. 9, 10, 1 || filet de l’étamine : Plin. 21, 33 || capillus Veneris Ps. Apul. Herb. 47, capillaire [plante].

Latin > German (Georges)

capillus, ī, m. (verwandt mit caput; eig. Adi. sc. crinis), I) das Haupt- u. Barthaar des Menschen (dagegen crinis das geschmeidige Menschenhaar übh.), u. zwar a) kollektiv, compositus, Plaut. u. Cic.: flavus, Vulg., subflavus, Suet.: albus, niger, Hor.: longus, Nep.: horridus, Cic.: promissus, Caes.: passus, fliegendes, Ter. u. Caes.: tonsus, Prop.: sibi adurere capillum, Cic.: barbam ac capillum summittere, Sen. rhet.: capillum frangere, Sen. rhet.: quid capillum ingenti diligentiā comis? cum illum vel effuderis more Parthorum vel Germanorum vinxeris vel, ut Scythae solent, sparseris, in quolibet equo densior iactabitur iuba, horrebit in leonum cervice formosior, Sen. – doch auch Plur., capilli suo ingenio flexi, von Natur krauses Haar, Ter.: erant illi compti capilli, Cic.: capilli arte iacentes, Sen.: ex barba detonsi capilli, Sen.: capilli sparsi per colla, zerstreutes, Ov.: puellares capilli, Schol. Iuven.: capilli mulierum, Lact.: horrent ac subriguntur capilli, Sen. – b) v. einem Haar, in imaginem capilli unius aut multorum, Cael. Aur. chron. 2, 11, 129. – II) übtr.: A) das Tierhaar, Catull., Col. u.a. – B) die haarigen Fasern od. Wurzeln der Gewächse, croci, Plin.: porrum cum capillo suo, Apic.: dah. capillus Veneris (= ἀδίαντον), »Venushaar, Frauenhaar«, eine Pflanze, Ps. Apul. herb. 47.