Capitol的词源

英文词源

Capitol (n.)

"building where U.S. Congress meets," 1793 (in writings of Thomas Jefferson), from Latin Capitolium, temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus on the Capitoline Hill in ancient Rome. Used earlier of Virginia state houses (1699). Its use in American public architecture deliberately evokes Roman republican imagery. With reference to the Roman citadel, it is recorded in English from late 14c., via Old North French capitolie. Relationship of Capitoline to capital is likely but not certain.

中文词源

capitol：（美国）国会大厦

来自拉丁词Capitolium, 古罗马主神Jupiter神庙。美国国会大厦以此为名，象征着古罗马的共和精神。最终来自词根cap, 头。

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Capitol：美国国会大厦

罗马王政时期第五王Tarquin命令在罗马七座山丘之一的Capitoline Hill上修建朱庇特神庙时，挖出来一个人头骨（caput，拉丁语，与head同源）。罗马人认为这是吉兆，预示罗马人会成为当时与罗马敌对的所有拉丁平原上不同部落的“首领”，山和美国国会大厦俱以此得名。