Complutum

See also: complutum

Latin

Etymology

From Celtiberian Konbouto (the l being pronounced but not spelled), from *kom-bloutom (“confluence”, literally “flowing together”), a derivative of Proto-Celtic *ɸloutos (“flowing”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Complūtum n sg (genitive Complūtī); second declension

  1. A town of the Carpetani in Hispania Tarraconensis, now Alcalá de Henares, Spain.

Declension

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

singular
nominative Complūtum
genitive Complūtī
dative Complūtō
accusative Complūtum
ablative Complūtō
vocative Complūtum
locative Complūtī

Derived terms

  • Complūtēnsis

Descendants

  • → English: Complute
  • → Spanish: Compluto

Further reading

  • Complutum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “Complutum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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