Caput, a Latin word meaning literally head and by metonymy top, has been borrowed in a variety of English words, including capital, captain, and decapitate. The surname Caputo, common in the Campania region of Italy, comes from the appellation used by some Roman military generals. A variant form has surfaced more recently in the title Capo (or Caporegime), the head of La Cosa Nostra.
Mumps. Mumps is a contagious disease that is caused by the mumps virus. Mumps typically starts with a few days of fever, headache, muscle aches, tiredness, and loss of appetite, and is followed by swelling of salivary glands.Anyone who is not immune from either previous mumps infection of from vaccination can get mumps.umps. Mumps is a contagious disease that is caused by the mumps virus. Mumps typically starts with a few days of fever, headache, muscle aches, tiredness, and loss of appetite, and is followed by swelling of salivary glands.
Mumps is a viral infection that affects one of three pairs of glands in the face, causing them to swell, along with other symptoms. Mumps has not been eradicated in the U.S., with as many as 1,000 cases reported each year. Here is what mumps symptoms look and feel like.n a fifth of all mumps cases there is no swelling of the parotid glands. A fever of up to 103 degrees is possible, as is a headache and a lack of appetite.