caput

[ key-puht, kap-uht ]

noun

, Anatomy.

, plural ca·pi·ta [kap, -i-t, uh].

1. any head or headlike expansion on a structure, as on a bone.

caput

/ ˈkæp-; ˈkeɪpət /

noun

1. See head
   anatomy a technical name for the head
2. the main or most prominent part of an organ or structure

Word History and Origins

Origin of caput¹

1640–50; < Latin: head

Word History and Origins

Origin of caput¹

C18: from Latin

Example Sentences

The map for cases per capita used to have a diversity of colors, but now it’s almost all purple.

From Vox

Seattle in 2019 issued over five times as many permits per capita as San Diego, giving out over 14 for every 1,000 residents.

From Voice of San Diego

Both Minnesota and South Dakota are in the top five states when it comes to rates of cases per capita over the last week.

From ProPublica

It also has about a third as many managers per capita as its major competitors.

From Fortune

By May, the Navajo Nation quickly recorded the highest number of Covid-19 cases per capita in the country, exceeding numbers in New York and New Jersey.

From Vox

The Nevada Democrat was over; his career dead; his reign atop the Senate caput.

From The Daily Beast

Caput dorsumque olivaceo-viridia, plumis in medio longitudinaliter fusco-lineatis.

From Project Gutenberg

Caput et truncus supra tesserulis minutis, infra squamis minimis, tecti.

From Project Gutenberg

Every head shows a different colouring: one red as sealing-wax, another rose-pink, a third caput mortuum.

From Project Gutenberg

Hc cingit niveis tempora liliis, Hc e purpureis serta gerit rosis, Huic molles viol et suavis amaracus Nectunt virgineum caput.

From Project Gutenberg

Ad corinthios Mulier uelet caput suum Wummon sei e apostle schal wreon hire heaued.

From Project Gutenberg