capitulum (plural capitula) may refer to: *the Latin word for chapter ** an index or list of chapters at the head of a

gospel Gospel originally meant the Christian message ("the gospel"), but in the 2nd century it came to be used also for the books in which the message was set out. In this sense a gospel can be defined as a loose-knit, episodic narrative of the words an ...

manuscript ** a short reading in the

Liturgy of the Hours The Liturgy of the Hours (Latin: ''Liturgia Horarum'') or Divine Office (Latin: ''Officium Divinum'') or ''Opus Dei'' ("Work of God") are a set of Catholic prayers comprising the canonical hours, often also referred to as the breviary, of the ...

*** derived from which, it is the Latin for the assembly known as a chapter ** a typographic symbol (⸿), to mark chapters or paragraphs, now evolved into the pilcrow

Botany

Capitulum (flower) A pseudanthium (Greek for "false flower"; ) is an inflorescence that resembles a flower. The word is sometimes used for other structures that are neither a true flower nor a true inflorescence. Examples of pseudanthia include flower heads, compos ...

, a type of flower head composed of numerous tiny florets, characteristic of the family Asteraceae *

Capitulum (moss) capitulum (plural capitula) may refer to: *the Latin word for chapter ** an index or list of chapters at the head of a gospel manuscript ** a short reading in the Liturgy of the Hours *** derived from which, it is the Latin for the assembly known ...

, the top of a '' Sphagnum'' moss plant with compact clusters of young branches; also the apothecium (fruiting body) of lichens of the order ''

Calicium ''Calicium'' is a genus of leprose lichens. It is in the family Caliciaceae. The sexual reproduction structures are a mass of loose ascospores that are enclosed by a cup shaped exciple sitting on top of a tiny stalk, having the appearance of ...

Zoology

* the capitulum of the humerus in vertebrates * the

gnathosoma The gnathosoma (from Greek , ' = "jaw" and , ' = "body") is the part of the body of the Acari (mites and ticks) comprising the mouth and feeding parts. These are the hypostome, the chelicerae and the pedipalps. It is also called the capitulum (howe ...

of ticks and mites * in stalked barnacles, the armoured portion within which the appendages and most of the viscera are located * ''Capitulum'' (genus), a genus of goose barnacles * a part of the female Lepidoptera genitalia * a structure similar to an elaiosome, found on the eggs of some species of stick insects {{Disambiguation