Explore Capitoline through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Capitoline in a sentence
Capitoline meaning
Synonym of Capitoline Hill, the highest of the seven hills of Rome.
Using Capitoline
- The main meaning on this page is: Synonym of Capitoline Hill, the highest of the seven hills of Rome.
- In the example corpus, capitoline often appears in combinations such as: the capitoline, capitoline hill, capitoline triad.
Context around Capitoline
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 7 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 17 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Capitoline
- In this selection, "capitoline" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, 175, seealso, boy, hill, triad and jupiter stand out and add context to how "capitoline" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include on the capitoline hill was and 80 the capitoline cult to. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "capitoline" sits close to words such as aaaa, abductees and abdulahi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with capitoline
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Birley, Marcus Aurelius, 30. A bust of Marcus Aurelius as a young boy ( Capitoline Museum ). (15 words)
After that, he started the building of the temple-fortress to the god Jupiter on the Capitoline Hill. (18 words)
Statue of Pan, Capitoline Museum, Rome Pheidippides' run to Sparta to bring aid has other legends associated with it. (19 words)
When Hieron of Syracuse presented a golden statuette of the goddess to Rome, the Senate had it placed in the temple of Capitoline Jupiter among the greatest (and most sacred) deities. (31 words)
He was drawn in procession through the city in a four-horse chariot, under the gaze of his peers and an applauding crowd, to the temple of Capitoline Jupiter. (29 words)
The original "palaces" on the Palatine Hill were the seat of the imperial power while the "capitol" on the Capitoline Hill was the religious nucleus of Rome. (27 words)
Example sentences (17)
G. Dumézil ARR above pp. 172 and 175. Capitoline Triad seeAlso Capitoline Triad The Capitoline Triad was introduced to Rome by the Tarquins.
A modern-day reconstruction of the ancient Colossus of Constantine, recreated using 3D modeling technology, was inaugurated on Tuesday at the Capitoline Museums in Rome.
Just as Rome has Capitoline Hill and DC has Capitol Hill, there’s the Roman Tiber River and the District’s Tiber Creek.
After that, he started the building of the temple-fortress to the god Jupiter on the Capitoline Hill.
Birley, Marcus Aurelius, 30. A bust of Marcus Aurelius as a young boy ( Capitoline Museum ).
He was drawn in procession through the city in a four-horse chariot, under the gaze of his peers and an applauding crowd, to the temple of Capitoline Jupiter.
His house on the Capitoline Hill was razed, and it was decreed that no patrician should ever be allowed to live there.
On the Ides, a white lamb (ovis idulis) was led along Rome's Sacred Way to the Capitoline Citadel and sacrificed to him.
See also Beard et al, Vol. 1, p. 80. The Capitoline cult to Venus seems to have been reserved to higher status Romans.
Statue of Pan, Capitoline Museum, Rome Pheidippides' run to Sparta to bring aid has other legends associated with it.
The Capitoline Hill now hosts Rome's city hall, and the Palatine Hill belongs to the main archaeological area.
The conspirators, who styled themselves the Liberatores ("The Liberators"), had barricaded themselves on the Capitoline Hill for their own safety.
The descriptions of Constantine's entry into Rome omit mention of him ending his procession at the temple of Capitoline Jupiter, where sacrifice was usually offered.
The Elder Tarquin is credited with introducing the Capitoline Triad to Rome, by building the so-called Capitolium Vetus.
The original "palaces" on the Palatine Hill were the seat of the imperial power while the "capitol" on the Capitoline Hill was the religious nucleus of Rome.
Upper-class women gathered at Venus's Capitoline temple, where a libation of the previous year's vintage, sacred to Jupiter, was poured into a nearby ditch.
When Hieron of Syracuse presented a golden statuette of the goddess to Rome, the Senate had it placed in the temple of Capitoline Jupiter among the greatest (and most sacred) deities.
Common combinations with capitoline
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: