caput capitis n

1. 1

   the head (of humans and animals)

2. 2

   the head (of humans and animals); the head as the seat of the understanding

3. 3

   head; top; summit; point; end; extremity (beginning or end)

4. 4

   origin; source; spring; head (of rivers)

5. 5

   mouth; embouchure (of rivers)

6. 6

   the root

7. 7

   vine branches

8. 8

   the summit; the top (of trees)

9. 9

   a man; person; or animal

10. 10

    physical life

11. 11

    civil or political life

12. 12

    the head; leader; chief; guide; capital (the first or chief person or thing)

13. 13

    division; section; paragraph; chapter.

    = capitulum

14. 14

    headlike protuberance on an organ or body part (usually bone)