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LNS

capitō, capitōnis

caput

noun (m., 3^rd declension)

amplif
one that has a large head, big-headed
A sea-fish with a large head, called also
A kind of fish with a large head

Abbreviations

capito, ōnis, m. amplif. [caput], one that has a large head, big-headed. Lit., Cic. N. D. 1, 29, 80.

— Transf. A sea-fish with a large head, called also cephalus, Cato, R. R. 158, 1.

— A kind of fish with a large head: Cyprinus dobula, Linn.; Aus. Mos. 85.