I.a capability of holding much, capacity (rare).
I. In gen.: “utrum capacitatem aliquam in animo putamus esse, quo tamquam in aliquod vas, ea, quae meminimus, infundantur?” Cic. Tusc. 1, 25, 61: “uteri,” Plin. 10, 47, 66, § 131; Col. 12, 43, 10: “moduli,” Front. Aquaed. 26. —
II. Esp., in the Lat. of the jurists. a capability of entering upon an inheritance, right of inheritance (cf. capio, I. B. 2. b. β; “capax, II. B.),” Dig. 31, 55, § 1; Cod. Th. 9, 42, 1 pr.—
B. Intellectually, capacity, comprehension, Aug. Conf. 10, 9; Cod. Just. 1, 17, 1, § 1.
