caput — English Dictionary

Noun

1. The head.

2. A knob-like protuberance or capitulum.

3. The top or superior part of a thing.

4. The council or ruling body of the University of Cambridge prior to the constitution of 1856.

   Usage

   • UK usage

   Examples

   More examples (1)

   D. has been engaged, he tells me, through a course of laborious years, in an investigation into all curious matter connected with the two Universities; and has lately lit upon a MS. collection of charters, relative to C⁠⸺, by which he hopes to settle some disputed points—particularly that long controversy between them as to priority of foundation. The ardor with which he engages in these liberal pursuits, I am afraid, has not met with all the encouragement it deserved, either here, or at C⁠⸺. Your caputs, and heads of colleges, care less than any body else about these questions.

Noun

1. a headlike protuberance on an organ or structure

   Broader terms

   bulgebumphumpswellinggibbositygibbousnessjutprominenceprotuberanceprotrusionextrusionexcrescence

   Examples

   the caput humeri is the head of the humerus which fits into a cavity in the scapula

2. the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains

   Synonyms

   head

   Broader terms

   external body part

   Examples

   he stuck his head out the window