Campodunum

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Latin

Etymology

Of Celtic/Gaulish origin, from Proto-Celtic *kambos (“crooked”) + *dūnom (“stronghold”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Campodūnum n sg (genitive Campodūnī); second declension

  1. A town of Raetia, now Kempten

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Campodūnum
Genitive Campodūnī
Dative Campodūnō
Accusative Campodūnum
Ablative Campodūnō
Vocative Campodūnum
Locative Campodūnī

Descendants

  • Medieval Latin: Campidona

References

  • Campodunum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “Campodunum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kambo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 186
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