Capitolinus

Latin

Etymology

Capitōlium (Capitoline Hill) + -īnus (-ine, derivational suffix).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ka.pi.toːˈliː.nus/, [käpɪt̪oːˈlʲiːnʊs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ka.pi.toˈli.nus/, [käpit̪oˈliːnus]

Adjective

Capitōlīnus (feminine Capitōlīna, neuter Capitōlīnum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. Capitoline
    • quercus Capitōlīna
      a garland of oak-leaves awarded in the Capitoline games
      (literally, “Capitoline oak”)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative Capitōlīnus Capitōlīna Capitōlīnum Capitōlīnī Capitōlīnae Capitōlīna
Genitive Capitōlīnī Capitōlīnae Capitōlīnī Capitōlīnōrum Capitōlīnārum Capitōlīnōrum
Dative Capitōlīnō Capitōlīnō Capitōlīnīs
Accusative Capitōlīnum Capitōlīnam Capitōlīnum Capitōlīnōs Capitōlīnās Capitōlīna
Ablative Capitōlīnō Capitōlīnā Capitōlīnō Capitōlīnīs
Vocative Capitōlīne Capitōlīna Capitōlīnum Capitōlīnī Capitōlīnae Capitōlīna

Proper noun

Capitōlīnus m sg (genitive Capitōlīnī); second declension

  1. the Capitoline Hill
    Synonym: Capitōlium
  2. an epithet of Jupiter Optimus Maximus whose temple stood on the Capitoline Hill, i.e. the Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus
  3. (chiefly in the plural) the directors in charge of the Capitoline Games
  4. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
    1. Marcus Manlius Capitolinus, a Roman consul who rescued the Capitol from a Gallic siege
    2. Aulus Manlius Capitolinus, a Roman consular tribune

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Capitōlīnus Capitōlīnī
Genitive Capitōlīnī Capitōlīnōrum
Dative Capitōlīnō Capitōlīnīs
Accusative Capitōlīnum Capitōlīnōs
Ablative Capitōlīnō Capitōlīnīs
Vocative Capitōlīne Capitōlīnī

Descendants

  • Koine Greek: Καπετώλιος (Kapetṓlios) (semi-learned)
  • Italian: capitolino

Further reading

  • Capitolinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Capitolinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Capitolinus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • Capitolinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 260
  • Capitolinus in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, volume 1, 8th edition, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 981
  • Capitolinus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.