Capitoline

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

Capitoline Hill

Translations

Capitole

capitolino

Campidoglio

Capitolium

Capitolijn

Kapitol

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”).