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Căpĭtōlīnus , a, um, adj. Capitolium,
I.of or pertaining to the Capitol, Capitoline: “clivus,” Cic. Rab. Perd. 11, 31: “sedes,” id. Div. 1, 12, 19; 2, 20, 45: “collis,” Mart. 12, 21: “area,” Suet. Calig. 22; 34; Gell. 2, 10, 2.—Of Jupiter, Auct. Dom. 57, 144; Suet. Caes. 84; id. Aug. 30; 91; 94; id. Tib. 53; id. Dom. 4: “dapes,” that was given to Jupiter, Mart. 12, 48: “Venus,” Suet. Calig. 7: “amphora, q. v.: ludi,” Liv. 5, 50, 4: “certamen,” Suet. Dom. 13; cf. id. ib. 4: “quercus,” a crown of oak given to victors in the Capitoline games, Juv. 6, 387. —
B. Subst.
1. Căpĭtōlīnus , i, m., the Capitoline Hill, Auct. Her. 4, 32, 43.—
2. Căpĭtōlīni , ōrum, m., persons who had the charge of these games, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 5, 2.— In sing., a cognomen of M. Manlius, on account of his rescue of the Capitol, Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 24.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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