Capitoline

[ kap-i-tl-ahyn ]

adjective

1. of or relating to the Capitoline or to the ancient temple of Jupiter that stood on this hill.

noun

1. one of the seven hills on which ancient Rome was built.

Capitoline

/ ˈkæpɪtəˌlaɪn; kəˈpɪtəʊ- /

noun

1. the Capitoline
   the most important of the Seven Hills of Rome. The temple of Jupiter was on the southern summit and the ancient citadel on the northern summit

adjective

1. of or relating to the Capitoline or the temple of Jupiter

Word History and Origins

Origin of Capitoline¹

From the Latin word Capitōlīnus, dating back to 1610–20. See Capitol, -ine ¹

Example Sentences

He took two companions with him, recorded as Ford and Lunt, and ascended from the Capitoline baseball ground in Brooklyn, but the balloon never reached the ocean.

From Salon

The reconstructed statue was installed in a garden in Rome’s Capitoline Museums this week, close to where the Temple of Jupiter, the most important temple of ancient Rome, once stood.

From New York Times

“Seeing Constantine, on top of the Capitoline Hill, looking out at the whole of Rome, he feels extraordinary,” said Adam Lowe, the founder of the Factum Foundation, which originally created the statue for a 2022 exhibit at the Prada Foundation in Milan.

From New York Times

They were transferred to what eventually became the Capitoline collection, and nine of those ancient fragments — including a monumental head, feet and hand — are permanently on show at the museums.

From New York Times

Five hundred years and many more technological advancements later, a team from the Factum Foundation spent three days using photogrammetry, a 3D scan with a camera, to record the fragments in the Capitoline courtyard.

From New York Times