capitina

Latin

Derived from caput (“head”).

capitīna f (genitive capitīnae); first declension (Late Latin)

The meaning of this term is uncertain.
- 4th c. AD, unknown, Testamentum porcelli :
  de meis uisceribus dabo donabo sutoribus saetas rix[at]oribus capitinas surdis auriculas causidicis et uerbosis linguam
  ...from my organs I leave my bristles for cobblers, my capitinas for squabblers, my ears for the deaf, my tongue for lawyers and blabbermouths...

First-declension noun.

capitina in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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