Campidoglio
Italian
Etymology
From Latin Capitōlium, perhaps folk-etymologized as campi d'oglio (“fields of oglio”), with the last element perhaps taken as some kind of proper name[1] or oglio, the local dialectal word for “oil”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kam.piˈdɔʎ.ʎo/
- Rhymes: -ɔʎʎo
- Hyphenation: Cam‧pi‧dò‧glio
Proper noun
Campidoglio m
- Capitolium
- the Capitoline Hill, one of the Seven hills of Rome
- Synonym: Monte Capitolino
- (narrowing) an ancient square located on top of the hill
- (narrowing) the Senatorial Palace, representative of the municipality of Rome
- (figuratively, by extension) the ruling center of a country
- 2020 June 11, Silvia Luperini, “Pelosi contro Trump: "Via dal Campidoglio le statue dei leader confederati"”, in La Repubblica, archived from the original on 28 September 2022:
- Bisogna rimuovere le statue di generali e leader confederati dal complesso del Campidoglio perché sono "un tributo all'odio" […]
- We need to remove the statues of confederate generals and leaders from the complex of the Capitol because they are a "tribute to hate" […]
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- (metonymically) the mayor of the Rome municipality
Coordinate terms
hills of Rome
- Aventino
- Celio
- Esquilino
- Palatino
- Quirinale
- Viminale
Related terms
- capitolino
- Palazzo Senatorio
- Piazza del Campidoglio
References
- Alkire, Ti; Rosen, Carol (2010) Romance Languages: A Historical Introduction, University of Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, page 306
Further reading
- (sense 2):
Campidoglio on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it - (sense 3): Piazza del Campidoglio on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
- (sense 4): Palazzo Senatorio on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it