per caputadv.adj.

Brit.

/pə ˈkapʊt/,

/pəː ˈkapʊt/, U.S.

/pər ˈkæpət/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin per caput.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin per caput for each person (early 9th cent.) < classical Latin per per prep. + caput head (see caput n.). Compare earlier per capita adv.

A. adv.

= per capita adv. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > individual [phrase] > individually or separately > per person

headOE

per capita1621

per mana1687

per capita1834

per caput1856

per caput1911

a skull1922

1856 Southern Q. Rev. Apr. 91 M. Chevalier estimates the whole annual production of France equally divided among the population at twelve and a half cents per diem et per caput.

1885 Overland Monthly Oct. 396/1 Why allot to the tribe..ten or twenty times as much land, per caput?

1931 Science 13 Nov. 471/1 This means an expenditure of about one per cent per caput per day.

1991 W. Brus & K. Laski Marx to Market 156 The aggregate output per caput would be about 60 per cent higher.

B. adj. (attributive).

= per capita adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > individual [phrase] > individually or separately > per person

headOE

per capita1621

per mana1687

per capita1834

per caput1856

per caput1911

a skull1922

1911 Times 15 Aug. 15/5 The per caput demand has steadily risen.

1970 K. J. Parker in G. G. Birch et al. Glucose Syrups v. 77 The current total per caput consumption of refined sugar is higher in Britain (112 lb) than in the USA (99·7 lb).

1994 Nature 14 July 92/1 We have compared per caput GDPs with population density for the 108 countries for which ICP data are available.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	per caput
释义	per caputadv.adj. Brit. /pə ˈkapʊt/, /pəː ˈkapʊt/, U.S. /pər ˈkæpət/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin per caput. Etymology: < post-classical Latin per caput for each person (early 9th cent.) < classical Latin per per prep. + caput head (see caput n.). Compare earlier per capita adv. A. adv. = per capita adv. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > individual [phrase] > individually or separately > per person headOE per capita1621 per mana1687 per capita1834 per caput1856 per caput1911 a skull1922 1856 Southern Q. Rev. Apr. 91 M. Chevalier estimates the whole annual production of France equally divided among the population at twelve and a half cents per diem et per caput. 1885 Overland Monthly Oct. 396/1 Why allot to the tribe..ten or twenty times as much land, per caput? 1931 Science 13 Nov. 471/1 This means an expenditure of about one per cent per caput per day. 1991 W. Brus & K. Laski Marx to Market 156 The aggregate output per caput would be about 60 per cent higher. B. adj. (attributive). = per capita adj. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > individual [phrase] > individually or separately > per person headOE per capita1621 per mana1687 per capita1834 per caput1856 per caput1911 a skull1922 1911 Times 15 Aug. 15/5 The per caput demand has steadily risen. 1970 K. J. Parker in G. G. Birch et al. Glucose Syrups v. 77 The current total per caput consumption of refined sugar is higher in Britain (112 lb) than in the USA (99·7 lb). 1994 Nature 14 July 92/1 We have compared per caput GDPs with population density for the 108 countries for which ICP data are available. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.adj.1856
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