The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cisalpine \Cis*al"pine\, a. [L. Cisalpinus; cis on this side + Alpinus Alpine.] On the hither side of the Alps with reference to Rome, that is, on the south side of the Alps; -- opposed to transalpine.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1540s, from Latin cisalpinus "on this side of the Alps" (from the Roman point of view), from cis- (see cis-) + Alpinus "Alpine" (see Alpine). Compare ultramontane.
Wiktionary
a. On this side of the Alps (with respect to Rome, therefore the south side).
WordNet
adj. on the Italian or Roman side of the Alps; "ancient cisalpine Gaul included an area south and east of the Alps" [syn: ultramontane]
Wikipedia
Cisalpine (Latin - this side of the Alps, i.e. the Italian side of the Alps) may mean:
Usage examples of "cisalpine".
After being a member of the great council of the Cisalpine Republic, he exercised the functions of Proveditore-General in Dalmatia.
Constitution foreshadowed in that proposed by Napoleon in 1797 for the Cisalpine Republic.
It is the necklace which the Cisalpine Republic gave me, and which I now wear in my hair.
Besides, she had received a pearl necklace from the Cisalpine Republic, but of incomparably less value than that purchased from Fancier.
Italian livres on the Cisalpine Republic, for the price of cannon furnished.
The Cisalpine Republic kept the cannons and the money, and the First Consul kept his bill.
Bonaparte was anxious to place the Cisalpine Republic on a footing of harmony with the Government of France.
He saw that the title of President of the Cisalpine Republic was a great advance towards the sovereignty of Lombardy, as he afterwards found that the Consulate for life was a decisive step towards the throne of France.
The Vatican was the first Court which recognised the erection of Tuscany into the Kingdom of Etruria, and the formation of the Helvetic, Cisalpine, and Batavian Republics.
The change which was effected in the form of the Government of the Cisalpine Republic was likewise an act calculated to excite remonstrance on the part of all the powers who were not entirely subject to the yoke of France.
When Bonaparte was the chief of the French Republic he had no objection to the existence of a Batavian Republic in the north of France, and he equally tolerated the Cisalpine Republic in the south.
In this respect there was no difference between the Batavian and Cisalpine Republics.
Pompey 225 Caesar gains over the Equites 225 Vatinian Law, granting to Caesar the provinces of Cisalpine Gaul and Illyricum for five years 226 Transalpine Gaul added 226 62.
He proceeds to Rome 254 His opposition to Antony 254 He courts the Senate 254 Antony proceeds to Cisalpine Gaul, and lays siege to Mutina 254 43.
It was at first confined to the southern portion of Calabria, and was gradually extended northward, till about the time of the Punic wars it indicated the whole peninsula south of the Rivers Rubicon and Macra, the former separating Cisalpine Gaul and Umbria, the latter Liguria and Etruria.