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LNS

capsula, capsulae

capsa

noun (f., 1^st declension)

a small box or chest
one who is excessively neat, nice

Abbreviations

capsula, ae, f. dim. capsa, a small box or chest, Fab. Pictor. ap. Gell. 10, 15, 14; Cat. 68, 36; Plin. 30, 11, 30, § 102.

—Hence, homo de capsulā, one who is excessively neat, nice: juvenes barbā et comā nitidi, de capsulā toti, quite from the bandbox, Sen. Ep. 115, 2.