Campylus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Καμπύλος (Kampúlos, “curved, bending (line), rounded (form)”).

View of the river

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkam.py.lus/, [ˈkämpʏɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkam.pi.lus/, [ˈkämpilus]

Proper noun

Campylus m sg (genitive Campylī); second declension

1. A tributary river of the Achelous, now the river Megdovas

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Campylus
Genitive	Campylī
Dative	Campylō
Accusative	Campylum
Ablative	Campylō
Vocative	Campyle

References

• “Campylus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly