Capitoline Hill

English

The Capitoline Hill under Constantine the Great, Museum of Roman Civilization

Etymology

A calque of Latin Mons or Clivus Capitolīnus, 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”).

Proper noun

the Capitoline Hill

1. The highest of the seven hills of Rome.

Synonyms

• Capitoline, Capitolium

Translations

hill in Rome

• Armenian: Կապիտոլիում (hy) (Kapitolium)
• Dutch: Capitolijn
• Finnish: Capitolium
• French: Capitole (fr) m
• Georgian: კაპიტოლიუმის ბორცვი (ḳaṗiṭoliumis borcvi)
• German: Kapitol (de) n
• Greek:

  Ancient: Καπιτώλιον n (Kapitṓlion)

  Modern: Καπιτώλιο (el) (Kapitólio)

• Italian: Campidoglio m, Monte Capitolino m
• Latin: Capitolium n, Capitolinus m, mons (la) Capitolinus m, clivus Capitolinus m
• Polish: Kapitol (pl) m
• Russian: Капито́лий (ru) (Kapitólij)