Capitoline

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Synonym of Capitoline Hill, the highest of the seven hills of Rome.
adj
  1. Of or relating to Capitoline Hill in Rome or (historical) the various temples there in antiquity.

Word forms

Capitoline the Capitoline

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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