Capitoline

adj, name

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or relating to Capitoline Hill in Rome or (historical) the various temples there in antiquity. not-comparable
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of Capitoline Hill, the highest of the seven hills of Rome.

    "He said to meet him on the Capitoline."

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capitoline hill

Example

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"He said to meet him on 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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