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Campodunum

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Latin

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Etymology

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Of Celtic/Gaulish origin, from Proto-Celtic *kambos (crooked) + *dūnom (stronghold).[1]

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Campodūnum n sg (genitive Campodūnī); second declension

  1. A town of Raetia, now Kempten

Declension

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

singular
nominative Campodūnum
genitive Campodūnī
dative Campodūnō
accusative Campodūnum
ablative Campodūnō
vocative Campodūnum
locative Campodūnī

Descendants

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  • Medieval Latin: Campidona

References

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  • Campodunum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Campodunum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kambo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 186