capsa

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) box

Usage notes

 * There is a semantical difference in the usage of caixa and capsa according to their size. Boxes larger than a shoebox are usually called caixa, while boxes smaller than a shoebox (e.g. for matches, confectioneries, pills) are capsa.

Etymology
Latinism, borrowed from. .

Noun

 * 1)  a cylindrical container used chiefly to store books
 * 2) a drawer where archived documents are stored

Etymology
From, from , possibly a relic of a sigmatic aorist stem in Proto-Italic that later merged with the perfective tense. Compare Latin from, also Ancient Greek , masculine nominative active indicative aorist participle of  (not cognate with the Latin term).

Noun

 * 1) A box, case, holder, repository; especially a cylindrical container for books; bookcase.

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Etymology
From.

Verb

 * 1) to staple, fasten