Capitolinus
Latin
Etymology
From Capitōlium (“Capitoline Hill”) + -īnus (“-ine”, adjective-forming suffix), from the oblique stem of caput (“head”) + -ō (noun-forming suffix) or -ōlus (“-ole”, diminutive suffix) + -ium (suffix forming place names). As a proper noun, a clipping of Mons or Clivus Capitolinus (“Capitoline Hill”). As a cognomen, usually taken to be in reference to Marcus Manlius Capitolinus's legendary victory at the Capitoline Hill over an invasion by the Gauls in 390 BC although Mommsen believed it more likely in reference to the location of the family house (domus).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ka.pɪ.toːˈliː.nʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ka.pi.t̪oˈliː.nus]
Adjective
Capitōlīnus (feminine Capitōlīna, neuter Capitōlīnum); first/second-declension adjective
- Capitoline
- quercus Capitōlīna
- Capitoline oak, a garland of oak-leaves awarded in the Capitoline games
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | Capitōlīnus | Capitōlīna | Capitōlīnum | Capitōlīnī | Capitōlīnae | Capitōlīna | |
| genitive | Capitōlīnī | Capitōlīnae | Capitōlīnī | Capitōlīnōrum | Capitōlīnārum | Capitōlīnōrum | |
| dative | Capitōlīnō | Capitōlīnae | 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
- synonym of Capitōlium, the Capitoline Hill
- Capitoline, an epithet of Jupiter in reference to his temple on the Capitoline Hill
- (chiefly in the plural) One of the Capitolini, the priests who directed the Capitoline Games
- A Roman cognomen of the gens Manlia
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Capitōlīnus | Capitōlīnī |
| genitive | Capitōlīnī | Capitōlīnōrum |
| dative | Capitōlīnō | Capitōlīnīs |
| accusative | Capitōlīnum | Capitōlīnōs |
| ablative | Capitōlīnō | Capitōlīnīs |
| vocative | Capitōlīne | Capitōlīnī |
Descendants
- English: Capitoline
- Italian: capitolino
- → Koine Greek: Καπετώλιος (Kapetṓlios) (semi-learned)
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, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 981
- “Capitolinus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers