Capitoln.

Brit.

/ˈkapᵻt(ɒ)l/, U.S.

/ˈkæpədl/

Forms:

α. Middle English Capitolie, Middle English Capitolye, 1500s Capitoly.

β. Middle English Capitoil, Middle English Capitoile, Middle English Capytoile.

γ. Middle English Capithole, Middle English Capitole, Middle English Capitolle, Middle English–1500s Capytole, Middle English–1600s Capitoll, Middle English– Capitol, 1500s Capytoll.

δ. Middle English Chapitoile.

ε. Scottish pre-1700 Capital, pre-1700 Capitall.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French capitolie, capitole; Latin Capitōlium.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman capitolie, capitoile and Middle French capitole, cappitolle (c1160 in Old French as capitoile , 1267 as chapitoile ; French capitole ) and its etymon classical Latin Capitōlium the Capitoline hill at Rome, also any of a number of similar places in other towns, probably a derivative of caput head (see caput n.). Compare Italian Capitolio (14th cent.; rare, now usually Campidoglio ). Compare earlier Capitolium n.In ε. forms perhaps influenced by capital n.²

1. The temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus, on the Saturnian or Tarpeian (later called Capitoline) Hill at Rome, the smallest of its seven hills; the hill itself. Also more generally: any citadel on top of a hill. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > fort or fortified town > [noun] > citadel

CapitoliumeOE

rockc1384

Capitola1387

citadel1542

acropolis1570

Kremlin1662

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 217 (MED) Also in þe Capitol [L. in Capitolio] was arrayed wiþ hiȝe walles i-heled wiþ glas and wiþ gold, as it were, þe mirrour of al þe world aboute.

c1405 (c1375) G. Chaucer Monk's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 617 This Iulius to the Capitolie [c1430 Cambr. Gg.4.27 capitolye; c1415 Corpus Oxf. Capithole; c1415 Lansd. Capitoile] went.

c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure l. 96 At Rome..Appere..In þe kydde Capytoile before þe kyng selvyn.

1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 543 Syne in hys capitole wes he [sc. Caesar] Throw yaim of his consaill preue, Slayne.

1521 tr. C. de Pisan Body of Polycye i. xvii. sig. e.i The Capytole whiche was y^e chyefe fortresse of the Cyte.

1591 E. Spenser Visions of Worlds Vanitie in Complaints sig. Y^v The Galles were, by corrupting of a mayde, Possest nigh of the Capitol through slight.

1604 Abp. G. Abbot Reasons Dr. Hill Vnmasked ii. 81 The Tridentine Councell which is the new-erected Capitol of Popery.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) i. iii. 36 Comes Cæsar to the Capitoll to morrow?

1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iv. 47 There the Capitol thou seest..On the Tarpeian rock.

a1682 Sir T. Browne Christian Morals (1716) i. 26 Triumphs not Leading up into Capitols, but up into the highest Heavens.

1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 432. ⁋2 The Geese were providentially ordained to save the Capitol.

1746 C. Macklin Henry VII iv. vi. 74 The Church is their Capitol,—there let them thunder out Their Threats, Pennance, Bulls, and Absolutions.

1767 W. Guthrie Gen. Hist. Scotl. I. Introd. sig. D3^v The British princes offered votive and other presents in the Capitol of Rome.

1838 T. Arnold Hist. Rome I. 315 The commons in that revolution occupied the Capitol.

1878 Brit. Q. Rev. Apr. 337 The peplus offered to Athena, in the Trojan and also in the Athenian capitol, is a case in point.

1901 ‘M. Field’ Race of Leaves iii. p. lx Rome herself Shall quake from Capitol to Vale.

1923 Folk-lore 34 188 Jupiter, whose image on the Capitol at Rome seems to have originally been a sacred oak.

1978 H. E. Salisbury Unknown War 89 By now the Soviet forces were concentrated. They were fighting with their backs to the capitol [sc. in Moscow].

2009 N. Yablon Untimely Ruins iv. 178 His [sc. H. G. Wells'] retracing of Gibbon's steps through the ruins of the Capitol in an 1898 trip to Rome.

2. U.S. The building occupied by the U.S. Congress in Washington, D.C.; (in some other U.S. cities) the state legislature building. In early use: the seat of the colonial legislature in Williamsburg, Virginia, 1705–80.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > other national governing or legislative bodies > [noun] > in U.S.A. > place of

Capitol1699

state house1778

1699 in Acts Assembly Virginia (1727) I. 205 An Act directing the Building the Capitol and the City of Williamsburgh, &c.

1706 in Cal. Virginia State Papers (1875) I. 109 The main street..extending from the Capitol to ye utmost Limits of the City Westward.

1782 T. Jefferson Notes Virginia (1787) 254 The only public buildings worthy mention are the Capitol, the Palace,..all of them in Williamsburg.

1795 J. Scott U.S. Gazetteer at Washington (D.C.) The capitol is now building and is situated upon a beautiful eminence.

1843 Penny Cycl. XXVII. 98 The president's house is situated at the opposite extremity of Pennsylvania avenue from the Capitol.

1869 S. Bowles Our New West iv. 89 The bluff, to which the town [sc. Denver] is rapidly spreading,..where the capitol buildings and the fine residences will all be located.

1928 S. V. Benét John Brown's Body 155 Muddy Washington, with its still-unfinished Capitol.

1943 Chicago Daily News 12 June 6/6 To provide the State of Texas with a new capitol.

1977 Washington Post 19 Feb. d1 The Virginia Capitol..today had its first drug bust.

2010 R. C. Smith Conservatism & Racism Introd. 1 Long lines of mourners..gathered to pay their respects to the president at the Capitol in Washington.

Compounds

Capitol Hill n. the Capitol in Washington, D.C., and (frequently) the surrounding area; the small hill on which this is situated; (hence allusively) the U.S. Congress.

ΚΠ

1800 National Intelligencer & Washington Advertiser 7 Nov. The Federal Republicans, of the City of Washington are requested to meet on the Capitol Hill, at Eight o'clock, in the morning, on Monday next.

1898 W. E. Broadfield Stories of Omaha xix. 103 A wire to Capitol Hill announced the last stroke of the hammer at Promontory Point.

1931 Amer. Mercury Feb. 161/2 Danger, for the League, at that time, was high on the wave in Washington, with Bishop Cannon in command and every caitiff on Capitol Hill trembling.

1992 R. Manning Swamp Root Chron. v. 74 It was inevitable that he drew on his old cronies on Capitol Hill for advice.

2009 Daily Tel. 7 Jan. (Business section) b4/1 The new wave of radical Democrats sweeping into Capitol Hill are insisting on a ‘Buy American’ clause in the..fiscal package being prepared by President-elect Barack Obama.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	capitol
释义	Capitoln. Brit. /ˈkapᵻt(ɒ)l/, U.S. /ˈkæpədl/ Forms: α. Middle English Capitolie, Middle English Capitolye, 1500s Capitoly. β. Middle English Capitoil, Middle English Capitoile, Middle English Capytoile. γ. Middle English Capithole, Middle English Capitole, Middle English Capitolle, Middle English–1500s Capytole, Middle English–1600s Capitoll, Middle English– Capitol, 1500s Capytoll. δ. Middle English Chapitoile. ε. Scottish pre-1700 Capital, pre-1700 Capitall. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French capitolie, capitole; Latin Capitōlium. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman capitolie, capitoile and Middle French capitole, cappitolle (c1160 in Old French as capitoile , 1267 as chapitoile ; French capitole ) and its etymon classical Latin Capitōlium the Capitoline hill at Rome, also any of a number of similar places in other towns, probably a derivative of caput head (see caput n.). Compare Italian Capitolio (14th cent.; rare, now usually Campidoglio ). Compare earlier Capitolium n.In ε. forms perhaps influenced by capital n.² 1. The temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus, on the Saturnian or Tarpeian (later called Capitoline) Hill at Rome, the smallest of its seven hills; the hill itself. Also more generally: any citadel on top of a hill. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > fort or fortified town > [noun] > citadel CapitoliumeOE rockc1384 Capitola1387 citadel1542 acropolis1570 Kremlin1662 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 217 (MED) Also in þe Capitol [L. in Capitolio] was arrayed wiþ hiȝe walles i-heled wiþ glas and wiþ gold, as it were, þe mirrour of al þe world aboute. c1405 (c1375) G. Chaucer Monk's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 617 This Iulius to the Capitolie [c1430 Cambr. Gg.4.27 capitolye; c1415 Corpus Oxf. Capithole; c1415 Lansd. Capitoile] went. c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure l. 96 At Rome..Appere..In þe kydde Capytoile before þe kyng selvyn. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 543 Syne in hys capitole wes he [sc. Caesar] Throw yaim of his consaill preue, Slayne. 1521 tr. C. de Pisan Body of Polycye i. xvii. sig. e.i The Capytole whiche was y^e chyefe fortresse of the Cyte. 1591 E. Spenser Visions of Worlds Vanitie in Complaints sig. Y^v The Galles were, by corrupting of a mayde, Possest nigh of the Capitol through slight. 1604 Abp. G. Abbot Reasons Dr. Hill Vnmasked ii. 81 The Tridentine Councell which is the new-erected Capitol of Popery. a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) i. iii. 36 Comes Cæsar to the Capitoll to morrow? View more context for this quotation 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iv. 47 There the Capitol thou seest..On the Tarpeian rock. View more context for this quotation a1682 Sir T. Browne Christian Morals (1716) i. 26 Triumphs not Leading up into Capitols, but up into the highest Heavens. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 432. ⁋2 The Geese were providentially ordained to save the Capitol. 1746 C. Macklin Henry VII iv. vi. 74 The Church is their Capitol,—there let them thunder out Their Threats, Pennance, Bulls, and Absolutions. 1767 W. Guthrie Gen. Hist. Scotl. I. Introd. sig. D3^v The British princes offered votive and other presents in the Capitol of Rome. 1838 T. Arnold Hist. Rome I. 315 The commons in that revolution occupied the Capitol. 1878 Brit. Q. Rev. Apr. 337 The peplus offered to Athena, in the Trojan and also in the Athenian capitol, is a case in point. 1901 ‘M. Field’ Race of Leaves iii. p. lx Rome herself Shall quake from Capitol to Vale. 1923 Folk-lore 34 188 Jupiter, whose image on the Capitol at Rome seems to have originally been a sacred oak. 1978 H. E. Salisbury Unknown War 89 By now the Soviet forces were concentrated. They were fighting with their backs to the capitol [sc. in Moscow]. 2009 N. Yablon Untimely Ruins iv. 178 His [sc. H. G. Wells'] retracing of Gibbon's steps through the ruins of the Capitol in an 1898 trip to Rome. 2. U.S. The building occupied by the U.S. Congress in Washington, D.C.; (in some other U.S. cities) the state legislature building. In early use: the seat of the colonial legislature in Williamsburg, Virginia, 1705–80. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > other national governing or legislative bodies > [noun] > in U.S.A. > place of Capitol1699 society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > other national governing or legislative bodies > [noun] > in U.S.A. > legislative body of state or territory > place of Capitol1699 state house1778 1699 in Acts Assembly Virginia (1727) I. 205 An Act directing the Building the Capitol and the City of Williamsburgh, &c. 1706 in Cal. Virginia State Papers (1875) I. 109 The main street..extending from the Capitol to ye utmost Limits of the City Westward. 1782 T. Jefferson Notes Virginia (1787) 254 The only public buildings worthy mention are the Capitol, the Palace,..all of them in Williamsburg. 1795 J. Scott U.S. Gazetteer at Washington (D.C.) The capitol is now building and is situated upon a beautiful eminence. 1843 Penny Cycl. XXVII. 98 The president's house is situated at the opposite extremity of Pennsylvania avenue from the Capitol. 1869 S. Bowles Our New West iv. 89 The bluff, to which the town [sc. Denver] is rapidly spreading,..where the capitol buildings and the fine residences will all be located. 1928 S. V. Benét John Brown's Body 155 Muddy Washington, with its still-unfinished Capitol. 1943 Chicago Daily News 12 June 6/6 To provide the State of Texas with a new capitol. 1977 Washington Post 19 Feb. d1 The Virginia Capitol..today had its first drug bust. 2010 R. C. Smith Conservatism & Racism Introd. 1 Long lines of mourners..gathered to pay their respects to the president at the Capitol in Washington. Compounds Capitol Hill n. the Capitol in Washington, D.C., and (frequently) the surrounding area; the small hill on which this is situated; (hence allusively) the U.S. Congress. ΚΠ 1800 National Intelligencer & Washington Advertiser 7 Nov. The Federal Republicans, of the City of Washington are requested to meet on the Capitol Hill, at Eight o'clock, in the morning, on Monday next. 1898 W. E. Broadfield Stories of Omaha xix. 103 A wire to Capitol Hill announced the last stroke of the hammer at Promontory Point. 1931 Amer. Mercury Feb. 161/2 Danger, for the League, at that time, was high on the wave in Washington, with Bishop Cannon in command and every caitiff on Capitol Hill trembling. 1992 R. Manning Swamp Root Chron. v. 74 It was inevitable that he drew on his old cronies on Capitol Hill for advice. 2009 Daily Tel. 7 Jan. (Business section) b4/1 The new wave of radical Democrats sweeping into Capitol Hill are insisting on a ‘Buy American’ clause in the..fiscal package being prepared by President-elect Barack Obama. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1387
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