Capitolinus
Latin
Etymology
Capitōlium (“Capitoline Hill”) + -īnus (“-ine”, derivational suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ka.pi.toːˈliː.nus/, [käpɪt̪oːˈlʲiːnʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ka.pi.toˈli.nus/, [käpit̪oˈliːnus]
Adjective
Capitōlīnus (feminine Capitōlīna, neuter Capitōlīnum); first/second-declension adjective
- Capitoline
- quercus Capitōlīna
- a garland of oak-leaves awarded in the Capitoline games
- (literally, “Capitoline oak”)
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | Capitōlīnus | Capitōlīna | Capitōlīnum | Capitōlīnī | Capitōlīnae | Capitōlīna | |
| Genitive | Capitōlīnī | Capitōlīnae | Capitōlīnī | Capitōlīnōrum | Capitōlīnārum | Capitōlīnōrum | |
| Dative | Capitōlīnō | Capitōlīnō | Capitōlīnīs | ||||
| Accusative | Capitōlīnum | Capitōlīnam | Capitōlīnum | Capitōlīnōs | Capitōlīnās | Capitōlīna | |
| Ablative | Capitōlīnō | Capitōlīnā | Capitōlīnō | Capitōlīnīs | |||
| Vocative | Capitōlīne | Capitōlīna | Capitōlīnum | Capitōlīnī | Capitōlīnae | Capitōlīna | |
Proper noun
Capitōlīnus m sg (genitive Capitōlīnī); second declension
- the Capitoline Hill
- Synonym: Capitōlium
- an epithet of Jupiter Optimus Maximus whose temple stood on the Capitoline Hill, i.e. the Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus
- (chiefly in the plural) the directors in charge of the Capitoline Games
- A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
- Marcus Manlius Capitolinus, a Roman consul who rescued the Capitol from a Gallic siege
- Aulus Manlius Capitolinus, a Roman consular tribune
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | Capitōlīnus | Capitōlīnī |
| Genitive | Capitōlīnī | Capitōlīnōrum |
| Dative | Capitōlīnō | Capitōlīnīs |
| Accusative | Capitōlīnum | Capitōlīnōs |
| Ablative | Capitōlīnō | Capitōlīnīs |
| Vocative | Capitōlīne | Capitōlīnī |
Descendants
- → Koine Greek: Καπετώλιος (Kapetṓlios) (semi-learned)
- Italian: capitolino
Further reading
- “Capitolinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Capitolinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Capitolinus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- Capitolinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 260
- Capitolinus in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, volume 1, 8th edition, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 981
- “Capitolinus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers