captus

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkap.tʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkap.tus]
• Hyphenation: cap‧tus

From Proto-Italic *kaptos, from Proto-Indo-European *kaptós (“seized, held”). Synchronically, perfect passive participle of capiō (“seize, take”).

captus (feminine capta, neuter captum); first/second-declension participle

1. captured, having been captured, seized, having been seized, taken, having been taken
2. taken on, having been taken on
3. taken in, having been taken in, understood, having been understood
4. afflicted, having been afflicted
5. (nominalized) a prisoner, captive

captīvus

First/second-declension adjective.

• Italian: catto (archaic)

From capiō +‎ -tus (forming action nouns).

captus m (genitive captūs); fourth declension

1. a taking, seizing

   Synonyms: capiō, captiō

2. the power to comprehend, capacity

Fourth-declension noun.

• “captus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “captus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "captus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “captus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to be blind: oculis captum esse (vid. sect. IV. 6., note auribus, oculis...)
    
  • (ambiguous) to be affected by disease in every limb; to be paralysed: omnibus membris captum esse
    
  • (ambiguous) to be overcome by sleep: somno captum, oppressum esse
    
  • (ambiguous) to be out of one's mind: mente captum esse, mente alienata esse
    
  • (ambiguous) to be fired with love: amore captum, incensum, inflammatum esse, ardere