Centesimus Tricesimus Primus: March 15, 2009: Capax
Theme for this month: "Ax" adjectives
capax, capacis (gen)
Definition: capable of holding, spacious, roomy; capable, able, fit (generally used with genitive, but also sometimes dative or infinitive)
Sententia: Cum primum puer agricolae Romam veniret, haud oculi erant capaces totum visum videndi, et usque caput circumvertebat.
When the boy of a farmer first came to Rome, scarcely his eyes were capable of seeing the whole sight, and continuously he was turning around his head.
This word is not found in any of the syllabus poems, but it occurs several times off-syllabus in Ovid's Metamorphoses and once in his Amores. Etymologically, it comes from the verb "capio," meaning "to take" or "to occupy" (among many other definitions) + "-ax," expressing ability.
CAVE IDVS MARTIAS! Lugeamus mortem Caesaris!
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