Capitolinus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

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.

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