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Meaning 1
Synonym of Capitoline Hill.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncommon
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Capitoline Hill
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Capitolium
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noun
Meaning 2
Synonym of capitol, similar citadels in ancient Italian and Roman towns.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, uncommon
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: capitol, similar citadels in ancient Italian and Roman towns
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Latin Capitōlium (“Capitoline Hill, its temples; similar citadels”), from the oblique stem of caput (“head”) + -ō (noun-forming suffix) or -ōlus (“-ole”, diminutive suffix) + -ium (suffix forming place names). Doublet of capitol and capitoul.
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