#capiō, ere, cēpī, captus#, _to take, seize, capture_; #cōnsilium capere#, _to form a plan_.
#ad--accipiō, ere, cēpī, ceptus#, _to take to one’s self, receive, adopt_; _meet with, welcome_; _understand, interpret_.
#con--concipiō, ere, cēpī, ceptus#, _to take in, imagine, conceive_.
#dē--dēcipiō, ere, cēpī, ceptus#, _to take in, catch, deceive, cheat_.
#ex--excipiō, ere, cēpī, ceptus#, _to take out, appropriate, overhear_; _receive, greet_; _await, confront_.
#in--incipiō, ere, cēpī, ceptus#, _to take up, begin, undertake_.
#inter--intercipiō, ere, cēpī, ceptus#, _to seize in passing, steal, usurp_.
#prae--praecipiō, ere, cēpī, ceptum#, _direct, bid, order_.
#re--recipiō, ere, cēpī, ceptus#, _to take back, recover_; _take, receive_; #sē recipere#, _to retreat, withdraw_.
#sub--suscipiō, ere, cēpī, ceptus#, _to take up, undertake, assume, succeed to_.
#Capitōlīnus#, adj., _pertaining to the Capitol_.
#Capitōlium, ī#, n., _the Capitol_, the chief temple of Jupiter in Rome; often, also, the hill on which this temple stood, the _Mōns Capitōlīnus_, the citadel of Rome.
#capra, ae#, f., _a she-goat_; #Caprae palūs#, _Goat Swamp_, in the Campus Martius.
#captīvus# [#capiō#], adj., _captive_; as noun, #captīvus, ī#, m., _a prisoner, captive_.
#captō, āre, āvī, ātus# [freq. of #capiō#], _to seize eagerly, strive to seize, strive for_; _take in, deceive, trap_.
#Capua, ae#, f., a city in Campania noted for its luxury.
#capulus, ī# [#capiō#], m., _hilt, handle_.
#caput, itis#, n., _the head, life_; _head_ or _capital_ of a nation; #capite damnāre#, _to condemn to death_.
#Carbō, inis#, m., _C. Papīrius_, an enemy of Sulla, defeated by Pompey.
#carcer, eris#, n., _a prison_, esp. the state prison at Rome, built by Ancus Marcius, and known since the middle ages as the ‘Mamertine Prison.’ It lay at the foot of the Capitoline Hill, on the side towards the Forum. The historian Sallust thus describes it: “In the prison there is a place called the _Tulliānum_, about twelve feet below the surface of the ground. It is built with strong walls, and above it there is a room constructed with stone vaulting. It is a disgusting and horrible place on account of the filth, the darkness, and the stench.”
#carnifex, ficis# [#carō#, _flesh_ + #faciō#], m., _executioner, butcher_.