Capitoline

American  

[kap-i-tl-ahyn] / ˈkæp ɪ tlˌaɪn /

adjective

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

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noun

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

Capitoline British  

/ ˈkæpɪtəˌlaɪn, kəˈpɪtəʊ- /

noun

1. 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

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adjective

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

Etymology

Origin of Capitoline

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

Example Sentences

Then, in 2020, a selection was shown at the Capitoline Museums in Rome.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

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