Complutum

See also: complutum

Latin

Etymology

From Celtiberian Konbouto (the l being pronounced but not spelled), from *kom-bloutom (“confluence”, literally “flowing together”), a derivative of Proto-Celtic *ɸloutos (“flowing”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /komˈpluː.tum/, [kɔmˈpɫ̪uːt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /komˈplu.tum/, [komˈpluːt̪um]

Proper noun

Complūtum n sg (genitive Complūtī); second declension

1. A town of the Carpetani in Hispania Tarraconensis, now Alcalá de Henares, Spain.

Declension

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

	singular
nominative	Complūtum
genitive	Complūtī
dative	Complūtō
accusative	Complūtum
ablative	Complūtō
vocative	Complūtum
locative	Complūtī

Derived terms

• Complūtēnsis

Descendants

• → English: Complute
• → Spanish: Compluto

Further reading

• Complutum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Complutum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly