capitatim

adjective

cap·​i·​ta·​tim

¦kapə¦tātə̇m,

-¦ta-

: levied or granted at so much per head

a capitatim tax

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin capit-, caput head + New Latin -atim (as in Medieval Latin verbatim)

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