Καπετωλεῖον
Capitolium, Capitol
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Translation
[Meaning] the temple [of that name]. But [sc. also attested is the spelling] *kapitw/lion .
Greek original · Adler’s text
Καπετωλεῖον· τὸ ἱερόν. Καπιτώλιον δέ.
Betacode
*kapetwlei=on: to\ i(ero/n. *kapitw/lion de/.
Notes
- (In the headword version the second vowel is epsilon and the fourth syllable a diphthong. For the second version here, with two iotas, cf. kappa 341.)
The smallest of the hills of Rome; best known as the site of the great temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus, Juno and Minerva. See generally J.R. Patterson in OCD(4) s.v. 'Capitol, Capitolium'.