Definition of Capitaline
{ Cap`i*to"li*an (?), Cap"i*to*line (?), }
a. [L. capitolinus: cf. F.
capitolin.] Of or pertaining to the Capitol in
Rome. "Capitolian Jove." Macaulay.
Capitoline games (Antiq.), annual
games instituted at Rome by Camillus, in honor of Jupter
Capitolinus, on account of the preservation of the Capitol from
the Gauls; when reinstituted by Domitian, arter a period of
neglect, they were held every fifth year.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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