Capitoline

adj

Capitoline

adj

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”).

Of or relating to Capitoline Hill in Rome or (historical) the various temples there in antiquity.

Related terms: capitol

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