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单词 capitolian
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Capitolianadj.

Brit. /ˌkapᵻˈtəʊlɪən/, U.S. /ˌkæpəˈtoʊljən/, /ˌkæpəˈtoʊliən/
Forms: 1600s Capitolean, 1600s– Capitolian.
Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: proper name Capitol , -ian suffix.
Etymology: < the name of the Capitol (see Capitol n.) + -ian suffix, after classical Latin Capitōlius, adjective. Compare earlier Capitoline adj.With the form Capitolean compare -ean suffix.
Frequently poetic.
= Capitoline adj.In quot. 1865: = Capitoline adj. 2.
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society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > fort or fortified town > [adjective] > citadel
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Capitolian1614
1614 A. Gorges tr. Lucan Pharsalia ix. 363 His triumphes Carres were led Alongst the streetes..To the high Capitolean wayes [L. alta..Capitolia].
1618 B. Holyday in tr. Juvenal Sat. 142 He could not add the capitolian oaken garland to the Alban olive garland.
1727 C. Pitt Poems & Transl. 158 As an haughty Victor, mount The Capitolian Heights.
a1748 J. Thomson Coriolanus (1749) ii. vi. 20 With this Hand I'll fix the Volscian Standard On the proud Towers of Capitolian Jove.
1820 P. B. Shelley Ode to Liberty vii, in Prometheus Unbound 212 When..gold prophaned thy capitolian throne, Thou [sc. Liberty] didst desert..The senate of the tyrants.
1865 J. G. Whittier in Nation 7 Dec. 714/1 Then shall..Freedom break her marble trance Above the Capitolian dome.
1878 Contemp. Rev. Sept. 278 Silent night fell down on Rome, And 'neath the Capitolian dome The shadows blacken'd.
1901 Westm. Rev. Apr. 395 The most sacred temple of Capitolian Jove himself had been sacked and burned.
1956 R. Tyler Emperor Charles V 311 (caption) The Roman mob broke up a colossal statue he had erected to himself on the Capitolian hill.
2000 J. R. Polidoro Sport & Physical Activity in Mod. World i. 21 The Capitolian Games lasted at least until the fourth century a.d.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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