Latin

Noun

capulus m ‎(genitive capulī); second declension

1. sarcophagus, bier, sepulchre, tomb
2. handle

Inflection

Second declension.

Descendants

• Italian: cappio
• Portuguese: cabo
• Sicilian: chiaccu
• Spanish: cápulo

References

• capulus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• capulus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• CAPULUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “capulus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• capulus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• capulus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin