Reconstruction:Latin/Pompelo

This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

Etymology

Pompaelō attested in the Antonine Itinerary. Apparently named after the Roman general Pompey.

Proper noun

*Pompelō f (oblique *Pompelōnem); third declension

1. The chief town of the Vascones in Hispania Tarraconensis, now Pamplona

Derived terms

• Pompelōnēnsis

Descendants

• Spanish: Pamplona
• French: Pompélona

References

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