CAPUT definition: any head or headlike expansion on a structure, as on a bone. See examples of caput used in a sentence.

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CAPUT meaning: 1. a Latin word meaning "head", used in the names of head-shaped parts on organs or structures in…. Learn more.

2 meanings: 1. anatomy → a technical name for the head 2. the main or most prominent part of an organ or structure.... Click for more definitions.

Dec 26, 2025 · Caput can be used with either a genitive or a dative in the sense of a capital city. Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

The Latin word caput, meaning literally "head" and by metonymy "top", has been borrowed in a variety of English words, including capital, captain, and decapitate.

There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun caput, two of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.