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capitulum (plural capitula) may refer to: the Latin word for chapter. an index or list of chapters at the head of a gospel manuscript; a short reading in the Liturgy of the Hours. derived from which, it is the Latin for the assembly known as a chapter; a typographic symbol (⸿), to mark chapters or paragraphs, now evolved into the pilcrow
The name derives from the habit of convening monks or canons for the reading of a chapter of the Bible or a heading of the order's rule. [2] The 6th-century St Benedict directed that his monks begin their daily assemblies with such readings, [1] and over time expressions such as "coming together for the chapter" (convenire ad capitulum) found their meaning transferred from the text to the ...
This is a list of Latin words with derivatives in English language. Ancient orthography did not distinguish between i and j or between u and v. [1] Many modern works distinguish u from v but not i from j. In this article, both distinctions are shown as they are helpful when tracing the origin of English words. See also Latin phonology and ...
Many modern works distinguish u from v but not i from j. In this article, both distinctions are shown as they are helpful when tracing the origin of English words. See also Latin spelling and pronunciation. In some Latin verbs, a preposition caused a vowel change in the root of the verb. For example, "capiō" prefixed with "in" becomes "incipio".
The capitulum character is obsolete, being replaced by pilcrow, but is included in Unicode for backward compatibility and historic studies. The pilcrow symbol was included in the default hardware codepage 437 of IBM PCs (and all other 8-bit OEM codepages based on this) at code point 20 (0x14), which is an ASCII control character .
The preposition determines the case that is used, with some prepositions allowing different cases depending on the meaning. For example, Latin in takes the accusative case when it indicates motion (English "into") and the ablative case when it indicates position (English "on" or "inside"): in urbem = "into the city" (accusative)
Term or phrase Literal translation Definition and use English pron accessio: something added Accession, i.e. mode of acquisition by creation in which labor and other goods are added to property in such a manner that the identity of the original property is not lost (vs. commixtio, specificatio)
The original meaning was similar to "the game is afoot", but its modern meaning, like that of the phrase "crossing the Rubicon", denotes passing the point of no return on a momentous decision and entering into a risky endeavor where the outcome is left to chance. alenda lux ubi orta libertas: Let light be nourished where liberty has arisen