noun · neutersecond declension
oppidum
oppidum n (genitive oppidī)
Classical[ˈɔp.pɪ.dũː]Ecclesiastical[ˈɔp.pi.dum]
№ 635 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- neutertown (esp. of towns other than Rome, which was generally called Urbs)
Manus gladiatorum oppido eruperat.
The company of gladiators had made a sally from the town.
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
parva urbs mūrīs cīncta.oppidum -ī n — in Mille Verba, Urbs et Aedificia
urbs parvaoppidum -ī (n) — in Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, ch. 1
town
oppidum -ī — in Viri Romae Facillimi, ch. 1, 2, 5, 7, 10, 12, 25
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | oppidum | oppida |
| genitive | oppidī | oppidōrum |
| dative | oppidō | oppidīs |
| accusative | oppidum | oppida |
| ablative | oppidō | oppidīs |
| vocative | oppidum | oppida |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- oppidum obsidere
- to besiege a city.
- oppidum recipere
- to retake a town.
- oppidum diripere
- to plunder a town.
- oppidum maritimum
- a seaport town.
- oppidum incendere
- to fire a town.
- oppidum oppugnare
- to storm a town.
- oppidum fame domare
- to starve a town into surrender.
- oppidum mari adiacet
- the town lies near the sea.
17 more phrases
- in oppidum irrumpere
- to break into the town.
- oppidum solo aequare
- to raze a town to the ground.
- oppidum capere, expugnare
- to take, storm a town.
- oppidum obsidione liberare
- to raise a siege (used of the army of relief).
- oppidum obsidione claudere
- to besiege a city.
- oppidum evertere, excīdere
- to completely destroy a town.
- oppidum colli impositum est
- the town stands on rising ground.
- oppidum monti subiectum est
- the town lies at the foot of a mountain.
- oppidum tormentis verberare
- to rain missiles on a town, bombard it.
- eruptionem facere ex oppido
- to make a sally, sortie from the town.
- oppidum in obsidione tenere
- to keep a town in a state of siege.
- oppidum constituere, condere
- to build, found a city.
- oppidum manu (opere) munitum
- a town artificially fortified.
- in oppidum irruptionem facere
- to break into the town.
- oppidum cingere vallo et fossa
- to surround a town with a rampart and fosse.
- oppidum natura loci munitum (B. G. 1. 38)
- a town with a strong natural position.
- crebras ex oppido excursiones facere (B. G. 2. 30)
- to make a sally, sortie from the town.
oppĭdum, i (
I. gen. plur oppidūm, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 4; old abl plur. oppedeis, Lex. Servil.), n. ob and pedum; Gr. πέδον; Sanscr pada-m, on or over the plain.
I. A town (of towns other than Rome, which was called Urbs;
though occasionally the term oppidum was applied to Rome) (class.): oppidum ab opi dictum, quod munitur opis causā, ubi sit: et quod opus est ad vitam gerundam, Varr. L. L. 5, § 141 Müll.; cf. Fest. p. 202: hi coetus (hominum) sedem primum certo loco domiciliorum causā constituerunt, quam cum locis manuque saepsissent, ejusmodi conjunctionem tectorum oppidum vel urbem appellaverunt, Cic. Rep. 1, 26, 41: Athenas anticum opulentum oppidum Contempla, Enn. ap. Non. 470, 5 (Trag. v. 324 Vahl.): fortunatum oppidum, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 81: Segesta est oppidum pervetus in Siciliā, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 33, § 72: praesidia in oppidis, id. Att. 8, 11, B, § 1: Romana per oppida, Verg. G. 2, 176: urbe (i.e. Romā) oppidove ullo, Suet. Oth. 1.—Constr. with gen., of name of a town: Antiochiae, Cic. Att. 5, 18, 1.—Of Rome: per totum oppidum, all through the town, i.e. Rome, Varr. L. L. 6 § 14 Müll.: eos (legatos) in oppidum intromitti non placuit, Liv. 42, 36: oppidum Martis, Mart. 10, 30, 2.—In like manner oppidum denotes Athens, Nep. Milt. 4, 2; and Thebes, id. Pel. 1, 2.—In a fig. of an old man: ad hoc ego oppidum vetus continuo legiones meas Protinus adducam: hoc si expugno, etc., Plaut. Ps. 2, 1, 12.—B. Transf., the inhabitants of a town:
illic oppida tota canem venerantur, nemo Dianam, Juv. 15, 8.—II. A fortified wood or forest, among the Britons, Caes. B. G. 5, 21. —
III. The barriers of the circus (anteclass.):
in Circo primo unde mittuntur equi, nunc dicuntur carceres, Naevius oppidum appellat, Varr. L. L. 5, § 153 Müll.; cf. Fest. p. 184 ib.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
oppidum ī, n
ob+PED-, a town, city, collection of dwellings: toto me oppido quaerere, T.: arx oppidi, S.: oppida publico Sumptu decorare, H.: in oppidum intromitti, i. e. Rome, L.: is (campus) est ab oppido circiter, etc., i. e. Athens, N.: oppidum vocant, cum silvas munierunt, etc., Cs.— A provincial town: pervetus in Siciliā: Romana per oppida, V.: Antiochiae.—The inhabitants of a town: Oppida tota canem venerantur, Iu.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épi Proto-Indo-European *ped- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Indo-European *pédom Proto-Italic *op(i)pedom Latin oppidum Inherited from Proto-Italic *op(i)pedom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁épi + *pédom (“ground, place where one stands”, literally “what one steps on, footstep”). Compare this formation especially to Ancient Greek ἐπί-πεδος (epí-pedos, “on the ground/floor; planar, superficial”) and Sanskrit अपि-पदति (api-padati, “to walk in, enter”), though all likely formed independently. Cognates of the noun part include Ancient Greek πέδον (pédon, “ground, earth”), Sanskrit प॒दम् (padám, “footstep, step, stride, pace; standing, location, plot of ground, square”), and Hittite 𒁉𒂊𒁕𒀭 (pēdan, “ground, floor; place”).
Descendants
- ItalianOppido
- Italianoppido
- PortugueseÓbidos
- Portugueseópido
- NeapolitanÒppitu
- NeapolitanÒppete
In English words that came into English from oppidum
- oppidanoppidānus
- oppidumoppidum