Campaspe

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English

Proper noun

Campaspe

  1. A supposed concubine of Alexander the Great.
  2. A rural locality in Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia
  3. A river in northern Queensland, which joins the Cape River at Campaspe.
  4. A river in Victoria, Australia, which flows north to join the Murray.
  5. The Shire of Campaspe, a local government area in northern Victoria, named after the river.

Noun

Campaspe (plural Campaspes)

  1. (archaic, poetic) A man's mistress.
    • John Lyly
      Cupid and my Campaspe play'd / At cards for kisses—Cupid paid:
    • 1836, David Paul Brown, The Prophet of St. Paul's: A Play, in Five Acts, page 23:
      But there may be Campaspes in our train.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Καμπάσπη (Kampáspē).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Campaspē f sg (genitive Campaspēs); first declension

  1. A supposed concubine of Alexander the Great.

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.

singular
nominative Campaspē
genitive Campaspēs
dative Campaspae
accusative Campaspēn
ablative Campaspē
vocative Campaspē

References

  • Campaspe”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray