Capsa

Capsa
Capsa: • Titular see of North Africa
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    A titular see of North Africa. The city, said to have been founded by the Libyan Hercules, belonged to King Jugurtha, who had deposited his treasures there; it was captured by Marius in 106 B.C. and destroyed, but later became a Roman colony. When Africa was divided into two provinces by Justinian, it was assigned to Byzacena. Under Justinian the Duke of Byzacena resided there and the town which was protected by a strong citadel, was called Justiniana Capsa. In the eleventh century after tlle Arab conquest, more than two hundred flourishing villages stood in the surrounding region. Five bishops, one a Donatist, are known from 255 to 484 (Morcelli, Africa Christiana, 1, 118, Gams, 464). The modern name of the town is Gafsa; it is situated in a most fertile oasis, about 81 miles west of Gabes and 128 west of Sfax, with which it is connected by a railway. The oasis has about 5000 inhabitants trading in dates, carpets, and wool rugs. It is well watered, has magnificent palm-trees, and is an important centre for French military and civil administratlon in Tunisia.

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capsă — CÁPSĂ, capse, s.f. 1. Dispozitiv de metal utilizat la legarea unor hârtii, la consolidarea unei butoniere, la încheierea unor obiecte de îmbrăcăminte etc.; buton (2). 2. Mic căpăcel sau tub metalic umplut cu o materie explozivă, folosit la armele … Dicționar Român
capsa — CAPSÁ, capsez, vb. I. tranz. 1. A prinde ceva cu ajutorul unor capse. 2. A echipa, a prevedea cu o capsă. – Din capsă. Trimis de valeriu, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DEX 98 capsá vb., ind. prez. 1 sg. capséz, 3 sg. şi … Dicționar Român
capsa — ⇒CAPSA, CAPSE, subst. fém. A. Boîte de bois, d ivoire ou de métal dans laquelle les Romains mettaient différents objets (manuscrits, parfums, objets de toilette, etc.) : • Le temple est ici un coffre, une capsa contenant l image de la divinité… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Capsa — may refer to:* Capsa (card game), a card game formed in Indonesia that derived from Poker but has a different gameplay * Casa Capşa, a restaurant and hotel in Bucharest, Romania * Capsa, a Roman Catholic titular see … Wikipedia
Capsa — ist ein Titularbistum der römisch katholischen Kirche. Es geht zurück auf einen früheren Bischofssitz in der antiken Stadt Capsa (heute Gafsa), die sich in der römischen Provinz Byzacena im heutigen Tunesien befindet. Titularbischöfe von Capsa Nr … Deutsch Wikipedia
Capsa [1] — Capsa (a. Geogr.), Stadt in Byzazene (Afrika), an einer wasserreichen u. fruchtbaren Stelle mitten in der Wüste gelegen; sie sollte von dem libyschen Hercules angelegt worden sein, diente später, als fester Ort, dem König Jugurtha zur… … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Capsa [2] — Capsa (lat.), 1) Behältniß, Kasten, Kiste; 2) Behältniß zur Aufbewahrung von Reliquien. Daher Capsarius, 1) Sklav, welcher Söhne seines Herrn in die Schule begleitete u. ihnen die Büchermappe trug; 2) Sklav, welcher die Kleider der Badenden… … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Capsa [3] — Capsa, so v.w. Kapselmuschel … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
capsa — (izg. kȁpsa) ž DEFINICIJA 1. vrsta relikvijarija 2. reg. lijes, mrtvački sanduk 3. dio koji se preklapa i na kaputu zatvara (pokriva) džep; klapna ETIMOLOGIJA lat.: kutija, ormar ob. za knjige … Hrvatski jezični portal
CAPSA — I. CAPSA Libyae interioris urbs. Ratio nominis non est obscura (ait vir magnus l. 1. Chanaan, c. 24.) Ebraeis enim Caphas est συσφίγγειν comprimere et constringere. Hinc merito Capsa dicitur, quam undiquaque premebant vastissimae solitudines.… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

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