campāna
Meaning
- Late LatinMedieval Latina large bell used in late classical or medieval church towers or steeples.
- Late LatinMedieval Latina tower for such a bell, a campanile, belfry
- Late LatinMedieval Latina steelyard (device for weighing)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | campāna campānella, campānula | campānae campānellae, campānulae |
| genitive | campānae campānellae, campānulae | campānārum campānellārum, campānulārum |
| dative | campānae campānellae, campānulae | campānīs campānellīs, campānulīs |
| accusative | campānam campānellam, campānulam | campānās campānellās, campānulās |
| ablative | campānā campānellā, campānulā | campānīs campānellīs, campānulīs |
| vocative | campāna campānella, campānula | campānae campānellae, campānulae |
Origins
From Campānus, as the region was a centre for bronze production. Already in the first century CE Pliny speaks of the quality of aes campānum (“Campanian bronze”) and refers to vāsa campāna (“Campanian vessels [or utensils]”). First attested as a bare feminine noun in 510 CE. Notably, bronze is a traditional material for making both bells and steelyards. It has also been suggested that Campania was simply the location where St Paulinus introduced bells to Christian ceremony. The word has alternatively been linked, probably spuriously, to the Ancient Greek καπάνη (kapánē, “felt helmet”), owing to a supposed resemblance of shape, and also to Thessalian variants of the Ancient Greek ἀπήνη (apḗnē) bearing the sense of 'cross-piece, middle-beam'.
- Portuguesecampafrom Old Galician-Portuguese campãa
- Portuguesecampãfrom Old Galician-Portuguese campãa
- Spanishcampana
- Aragonesecampana
- Asturiancampana
- Mirandesecampana
- Galiciancampáfrom Old Galician-Portuguese campãa
- Catalancampana
- Occitancampana
- Gasconcampane
- Romaniancumpănăfrom Old Church Slavonic кѫпона
- Romanianкумпэнэfrom Old Church Slavonic кѫпона
- Albaniankëmborë
- Albaniankëmbonë
- Albaniankumborë
- Amharicቀባንfrom Ancient Greek κάμπανος
- Old Church Slavonicкамъбанъfrom Ancient Greek κάμπανος
- Old Church Slavonicкамьбаньfrom Ancient Greek κάμπανος
- Old Church Slavonicкамбанъfrom Ancient Greek κάμπανος
- Old Church Slavonicкампанъfrom Ancient Greek κάμπανος
- Italiancampana
- Dalmatiancampuona
- Malteseqanpienafrom Sicilian campana
- Malteseqanpielafrom Sicilian campana
- Sardiniancampana
- Friuliancjampane
- Venetancanpana
- Franco-Provençaltsampênafrom Franco-Provençal campanna
- Franco-Provençalchampanefrom Franco-Provençal campanna
- Franco-Provençaltsampainotfrom Franco-Provençal campanna
In English words that came into English from campāna
- campanologycampāna
- campanilecampāna
- campaniformcampāna
- campanulacampānula
- campanulatecampānulātus
- campanuloidcampanula
- campanecampāna