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The root *kap in #9 gives English 'have', 'heavy', 'heave', Dutch 'hebben', German 'haben' and Latin 'capere' (seize), capsa (case); *gʰabʰ/gʰebʰ (or *ka̤p/ke̤p under the Syllabic Breathy Voice Hypothesis) gives Latin 'habere' and English 'give'.
PIE "look-alike stems" - Evidence of something or a red herring? 2009
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Days later Matni and Saleh were eating a meal of capsa, spiced rice with tender chunks of sheep, scooping it up by hand, when Saleh tried to probe his friend.
The Every Day, Ordinary and Dramatic in Saudi Arabia - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Days later Matni and Saleh were eating a meal of capsa, spiced rice with tender chunks of sheep, scooping it up by hand, when Saleh tried to probe his friend.
The Every Day, Ordinary and Dramatic in Saudi Arabia - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Et propè altare tribus gradibus in altitudine, habetur capsa, seu
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Et prop� altare tribus gradibus in altitudine, habetur capsa, seu
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Spelman (_Glossary, sub voce_) endeavours to convince us that _capella_ is the same as _capsella_, the diminutive of _capsa_; thus making
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Below is a cylindrical box, called _scrinium_ and _capsa_, or
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Even the names by which they were known (capsa, capsella, theca, pyxis, arca etc.) are quite general in character, and it seems certain that the same names also designated receptacles for the Blessed Eucharist, the holy oils, and other pious objects.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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In 1295 St. Paul's Cathedral possessed a copy of the Gospels in a case (capsa) adorned with gilding and relics.
Old English Libraries; The Making, Collection and Use of Books During the Middle Ages 1911
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Bibliothecæ Pontificiæ per Platinam Bibliothecarium ex ordine recondita et in capsa prima 21
The Care of Books John Willis Clark 1871
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