campester
Latin
Alternative forms
- campestris
Etymology
From campus (“field, plain”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kamˈpes.ter/, [kamˈpɛs.tɛr]
Adjective
campester (feminine campestris, neuter campestre); third declension
- level, even, flat
- field, plain (attributive)
- (substantive) god or goddess of the fields or contests
Inflection
Third declension, nominative masculine singular in -er, nominative neuter singular in -e.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | campester | campestris | campestre | campestrēs | campestrēs | campestria | |
| Genitive | campestris | campestris | campestris | campestrium | campestrium | campestrium | |
| Dative | campestrī | campestrī | campestrī | campestribus | campestribus | campestribus | |
| Accusative | campestrem | campestrem | campestre | campestrēs | campestrēs | campestria | |
| Ablative | campestrī | campestrī | campestrī | campestribus | campestribus | campestribus | |
| Vocative | campester | campestris | campestre | campestrēs | campestrēs | campestria | |
Related terms
- campus
Descendants
- Catalan: campestre
- English: campestral
- French: champêtre
- Italian: campestre
- Portuguese: campestre
- Spanish: campestre
References
- campester in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- campester in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- campester in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette