Capitoline
Meanings
name
- Synonym of Capitoline Hill, the highest of the seven hills of Rome.
adj
- Of or relating to Capitoline Hill in Rome or (historical) the various temples there in antiquity.
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Etymology
From Latin Capitolīnus (adj. & n.), from Capitolium (“Capitoline Hill”) + -inus (“-ine: forming adjectives”), from the oblique stem of caput (“head”) + -ō (“forming nouns”) or -ōlus (“-ole: forming diminutives”) + -ium (“forming location names”).
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