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Capitoline Hill

name
/ˈkæpɪtəlaɪn ˈhɪl/

Etymology

Calque of Latin Capitōlīnus mons, from Capitōlīnus + mons (“hill”), from Capitōlium (“the Capitoline Hill”) + -īnus (“-ine: forming adjectives”), from the oblique stem of caput (“head”) + -ō (“forming nouns”) or -ōlus (“-ole: forming diminutives”) + -ium (“forming location names”).

  1. borrowed from mōns
  2. compounded as capitoline hill — “Capitōlīnus + mons”

Definitions

  1. The highest of the seven hills of Rome.

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