κάμπος

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kám.pos/ → /ˈkam.pos/ → /ˈkam.bos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kám.pos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkam.pos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkam.pos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkam.pos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈkam.bos/

Etymology 1

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Noun

κάμπος • (kámpos) n (genitive κάμπεος or κάμπους); third declension

1. sea monster
2. saltwater fish
3. shark

Declension

Third declension of τὸ κᾰ́μπος; τοῦ κᾰ́μπεος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κᾰ́μπος tò kámpos	τὼ κᾰ́μπεε tṑ kámpee	τᾰ̀ κᾰ́μπεᾰ tà kámpea
Genitive	τοῦ κᾰ́μπεος toû kámpeos	τοῖν κᾰμπέοιν toîn kampéoin	τῶν κᾰμπέων tôn kampéōn
Dative	τῷ κᾰ́μπεῐ̈ tôi kámpeï	τοῖν κᾰμπέοιν toîn kampéoin	τοῖς κᾰ́μπεσῐ / κᾰ́μπεσῐν toîs kámpesi(n)
Accusative	τὸ κᾰ́μπος tò kámpos	τὼ κᾰ́μπεε tṑ kámpee	τᾰ̀ κᾰ́μπεᾰ tà kámpea
Vocative	κᾰ́μπος kámpos	κᾰ́μπεε kámpee	κᾰ́μπεᾰ kámpea
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of τὸ κᾰ́μπος; τοῦ κᾰ́μπους (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κᾰ́μπος tò kámpos	τὼ κᾰ́μπει tṑ kámpei	τᾰ̀ κᾰ́μπη tà kámpē
Genitive	τοῦ κᾰ́μπους toû kámpous	τοῖν κᾰμποῖν toîn kampoîn	τῶν κᾰμπῶν tôn kampôn
Dative	τῷ κᾰ́μπει tôi kámpei	τοῖν κᾰμποῖν toîn kampoîn	τοῖς κᾰ́μπεσῐ / κᾰ́μπεσῐν toîs kámpesi(n)
Accusative	τὸ κᾰ́μπος tò kámpos	τὼ κᾰ́μπει tṑ kámpei	τᾰ̀ κᾰ́μπη tà kámpē
Vocative	κᾰ́μπος kámpos	κᾰ́μπει kámpei	κᾰ́μπη kámpē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἱππόκαμπος (hippókampos)

Further reading

• κάμπος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “κάμπος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Etymology 2

From Latin campus.

Noun

κάμπος • (kámpos) m (genitive κάμπου); second declension

1. (Byzantine) plain (large, flat land)

Declension

Second declension of ὁ κᾰ́μπος; τοῦ κᾰ́μπου (Byzantine)

Case / #	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κᾰ́μπος ho kámpos	οἱ κᾰ́μποι hoi kámpoi
Genitive	τοῦ κᾰ́μπου toû kámpou	τῶν κᾰ́μπων tôn kámpōn
Dative	τῷ κᾰ́μπῳ tôi kámpōi	τοῖς κᾰ́μποις toîs kámpois
Accusative	τὸν κᾰ́μπον tòn kámpon	τοὺς κᾰ́μπους toùs kámpous
Vocative	κᾰ́μπε kámpe	κᾰ́μποι kámpoi
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Descendants

• Greek: κάμπος (kámpos)

Further reading

• κάμπος in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Greek

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek κάμπος (kámpos), from Latin campus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkam.bos/
• Hyphenation: κάμ‧πος

Noun

κάμπος • (kámpos) m (plural κάμποι)

1. (geography) plain (large, flat lands)

Declension

Declension of κάμπος

	singular	plural
nominative	κάμπος •	κάμποι •
genitive	κάμπου •	κάμπων •
accusative	κάμπο •	κάμπους •
vocative	κάμπε •	κάμποι •

Synonyms

• πεδιάδα f (pediáda)

Related terms

• καμπίσιος (kampísios, “plain, plains”, adjective)

Further reading

• Πεδιάδα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el