campester

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From campus (“field, plain”) +‎ -estris.

Pronunciation

Adjective

campester (feminine campestris, neuter campestre); third-declension three-termination adjective

  1. level, even, flat
  2. (relational) field, plain

Declension

Third-declension three-termination adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative campester campestris campestre campestrēs campestria
genitive campestris campestrium
dative campestrī campestribus
accusative campestrem campestre campestrēs campestria
ablative campestrī campestribus
vocative campester campestris campestre campestrēs campestria

Descendants

  • Catalan: campestre
  • French: champêtre
  • →⇒ English: campestral
  • → Italian: campestre
  • → Portuguese: campestre
  • → Romanian: campestru
  • → Spanish: campestre

Noun

campester m or f (genitive campestris); third declension

  1. (usually in the plural) god or goddess of the fields or contests

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative campester campestrēs
genitive campestris campestrum
dative campestrī campestribus
accusative campestrem campestrēs
ablative campestre campestribus
vocative campester campestrēs

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.
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