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1 capax
căpax, ācis, adj. [capio], that can contain or hold much, wide, large, spacious, roomy, capacious (in poets and in post-Aug. prose freq.; in Cic. perh. only once, and then trop; v. infra).I.Lit.: mundus, * Lucr. 6, 123:II.conchae,
Hor. C. 2, 7, 22:urna,
id. ib. 3, 1, 16; Ov. M. 3, 172:capaciores scyphos,
Hor. Epod. 9, 33:pharetram,
Ov. M. 9, 231:putei,
id. ib. 7, 568:urbs,
id. ib. 4, 439:ripae,
id. Am. 3, 6, 19:uterus,
Plin. 10, 33, 49, § 93:portus,
id. 4, 7, 12, § 26:spatiosa et capax domus,
Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 5:villa usibus capax,
id. ib. 2, 17, 4:forma capacissima,
Quint. 1, 10, 40:moles,
Tac. A. 2, 21.—With gen.:circus capax populi,
Ov. A. A. 1, 136:cibi vinique capacissimus,
Liv. 9, 16, 13:flumen onerariarum navium capax,
Plin. 6, 23, 26, § 99; 12, 1, 5, § 11:magnae sedis insula haud capax est,
Curt. 4, 8, 2.—Trop.A.Capacious, susceptible, capable of, good, able, apt, fit for: Demosthenes non semper implet aures meas: ita sunt avidae et capaces, etc., * Cic. Or. 29, 104:B.ingenium,
great, Ov. M. 8, 533:animi ad praecepta,
id. ib. 8, 243:animo majora capaci,
id. ib. 15, 5:capax est animus noster,
Sen. Ep. 92, 30.—With gen.:animal mentis capacius altae (i.e. homo),
Ov. M. 1, 76:imperii,
Tac. H. 1, 49; cf. id. A. 1, 13:aetas honorum nondum capax,
id. H. 4, 42:molis tantae mens,
id. A. 1,11: secreti, that can keep or conceal, Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 7:capacia bonae spei pectora,
Curt. 8, 13, 11:magnorum operum,
id. 6, 5, 29:ingenium omnium bonarum artium capacissimum,
Sen. Contr. 2, praef. §4: cujusque clari operis capacia ingenia,
Vell. 1, 16, 2:bonum et capax recta discendi ingenium,
id. 2, 29, 5:laboris ac fidei,
id. 2, 127, 3:ingenia fecunda et totius naturae capacissima,
Plin. 2, 78, 80, § 190:doli,
fit, suitable for, Dig. 43, 4, 1.—In the Lat. of the jurists (cf. capio, II. F.), that has a right to an inheritance, Dig. 34, 3, 29.— Adv.: căpācĭter, Aug. Trin. 11, 2. -
2 capāx
capāx ācis, adj. with comp. and sup. [CAP-], containing much, wide, large, spacious, roomy, capacious: conchae, H.: capaciores scyphos, H.: pharetra, O.: urbs, O.: circus capax populi, O.: animal mentis capacius, O.: cibi vinique capacissimus, L. —Fig., susceptible, capable of, good, able, apt, fit for: avidae et capaces (aures): ingenium, great, O.: animi ad praecepta, O.: imperii, Ta.* * *capacis (gen.), capacior -or -us, capacissimus -a -um ADJlarge, spacious, roomy, big; capable, fit, competent; has right to inherit
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capacious — 1610s, from L. capax (gen. capacis), from capere to take (see CAPABLE (Cf. capable)) … Etymology dictionary
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capacious — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ having a lot of space inside; roomy. DERIVATIVES capaciously adverb capaciousness noun. ORIGIN from Latin capax capable … English terms dictionary
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capacious — [[t]kəpe͟ɪʃəs[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n Something that is capacious has a lot of space to put things in. [FORMAL] ...her capacious handbag … English dictionary
capacious — adjective Etymology: Latin capac , capax capacious, capable, from Latin capere Date: 1606 containing or capable of containing a great deal Synonyms: see spacious • capaciously adverb • capaciousness noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
capacious — capaciously, adv. capaciousness, n. /keuh pay sheuhs/, adj. capable of holding much; spacious or roomy: a capacious storage bin. [1605 15; CAPACI(TY) + OUS] Syn. ample, large. Ant. confining. * * * … Universalium
capacious — adjective Having a lot of space inside; roomy. The car was capacious enough to fit all his guests. Syn: ample, commodious, roomy, spacious, exhaustively capable, voluminous, massive, large … Wiktionary