proper noun · femininefirst declension
Campānia1
Campānia f sg (genitive Campāniae)
Classical[kamˈpaː.ni.a]Ecclesiastical[kamˈpaː.ni.a]
Meaning
- The territory around the ancient city of Capua.
- Medieval LatinCampine (a region of Antwerp, Limburg and North Brabant, Belgium and the Netherlands, Europe)
- New LatinCampania (an administrative region of southern Italy)
- New LatinChampagne (a cultural region and former province of France, the terroir of the wine champagne; now part of Grand Est region)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Campānia | — |
| genitive | Campāniae | — |
| dative | Campāniae | — |
| accusative | Campāniam | — |
| ablative | Campāniā | — |
| vocative | Campānia | — |
| locative | Campāniae | — |
Campānĭa, ae, f., = Καμπανία [campus, i. e. the plain, the level country],
I. the very fruitful and luxurious (Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 95) province of Campania, in Middle Italy, whose chief city was Capua, now Terra di Lavoro, Mel. 2, 4, 2 and 9; Liv. 2, 52, 1; Tib. 1, 9, 33; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 60; Flor. 1, 16, 3.—
II. Derivv.
A. Campānus, a, um, adj., Campanian, of Campania:
ager, Cic. Agr. 1, 7, 20; 2, 32, 87; Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 20, 3: rus, Mart. 9, 61, 4: colonia, Cic. Agr. 2, 32, 85: matres, Liv. 26, 13, 15: merum, Mart. 1, 19, 6: Lyaeus, i. e. wine, id. 1, 13, 118: rosae, Plin. 21, 4, 10, § 16; cf. Mart. 9, 61: aes, Plin. 34, 8, 20, § 95: supellex, i. e. earthen, Hor. S. 1, 6, 118: trulla, id. ib. 2, 3, 144: luxuria, Liv. 23, 45, 2: morbus, a kind of wart or tumor endemic in Campania, Hor. S. 1, 5, 62 (v. Schol. Crucq.): Campanus pons, near Capua, leading over the Savo to Sinuessa, Hor. S. 1, 5, 45; Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 62: urbs, i. e. Capua, Verg. A. 10, 145: Via, a branch of the Via Appia, Suet. Aug. 94; Vitr. 8, 3; Inscr. Grut. 374, 5; 611, 13 al.—Subst. 1. campāna, ae f., a, stilyard, Isid. Orig. 16, 25, 6; Gloss. Vat. ap. Auct. Class. 7, p. 581 Mai.—
2. Plur.: Campāni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Campania, the Campanians, Cic. Agr. 1, 7, 20; 2, 35, 94 and 96 al.—
B. Campā-nĭcus, a, um, adj., Campanian:
aratra, Cato, R. R. 135, 2: fiscinae, id. ib. and 153: serta, id. 107, 1 (Plin. 21, 9, 29, § 53: sertula Campana): peristromata, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 13. —*C. Campānĭus, a, um, adj., Campanian:
terra = Campania, Tib. 1, 9, 33 (cf.: terra Arabia, Celtiberia, etc.).—* D. Campans, antis, adj., of Compania:
genus, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 144 Brix ad loc. (also ap. Non. p. 486, 24).Origins
Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em-der. Proto-Indo-European *kh₂ém-po-s Proto-Italic *kampos Latin campus Latin Campania From campus (“open or flat space; plain”).