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a portion of a woman's dress, said by Varro to be so called, because it covers (capit) the breast (Varr. LL v.131, ed. M?ler and De Vita PR iv ap. Nonium, sv capitia; comp. Gell. xvi.7; Dig. 34 tit.2 s24). But the word itself would rather lead us to suppose that it was originally a covering for the head (caput).
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