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capitolium

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.02 in modern English

Syllables
capi-toli-um
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Synonym of Capitoline Hill.

noun

Synonym of capitol, similar citadels in ancient Italian and Roman towns.

Etymology

From Latin Capitōlium (“Capitoline Hill, its temples; similar citadels”), from the oblique stem of caput (“head”) + -ō (noun-forming suffix) or -ōlus (“-ole”, diminutive suffix) + -ium (suffix forming place names). Doublet of capitol and capitoul.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

the Capitolium (canonical) Capitolia (plural)

Synonyms

Capitoline Hill capitol similar citadels in ancient Italian and Roman towns

Questions

What does capitolium mean?
Synonym of Capitoline Hill.
Where does capitolium come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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