Capitolian
English
Etymology
Capitol + -ian
Adjective
Capitolian (comparative more Capitolian, superlative most Capitolian)
- Capitoline; relating to the Capitol in Ancient Rome.
- 1842, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Lays of Ancient Rome/The Prophecy of Capys
- And through the bellowing Forum,
And round the Suppliant's Grove,
Up to the everlasting gates
Of Capitolian Jove.
- And through the bellowing Forum,
- 1842, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Lays of Ancient Rome/The Prophecy of Capys
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for Capitolian in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Anagrams
- palintocia