Campodunum
Latin
Etymology
Of Celtic/Gaulish origin, from Proto-Celtic *kambos (“crooked”) + *dūnom (“stronghold”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kam.pɔˈduː.nũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kam.poˈd̪uː.num]
Proper noun
Campodūnum n sg (genitive Campodūnī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Campodūnum |
| genitive | Campodūnī |
| dative | Campodūnō |
| accusative | Campodūnum |
| ablative | Campodūnō |
| vocative | Campodūnum |
| locative | Campodūnī |
Descendants
- Medieval Latin: Campidona
- → Middle High German: Kemptun
- German: Kempten
- → Middle High German: Kemptun
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
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kambo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 186