Campodunum

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kam.poˈduː.num/, [kämpɔˈd̪uːnʊ̃ˑ]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kam.poˈdu.num/, [kämpoˈd̪uːnum]

Proper noun

Campodūnum n sg (genitive Campodūnī); second declension

A town of Raetia, now Kempten

Declension

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

Case	Singular
Nominative	Campodūnum
Genitive	Campodūnī
Dative	Campodūnō
Accusative	Campodūnum
Ablative	Campodūnō
Vocative	Campodūnum
Locative	Campodūnī

Descendants

Medieval Latin: Campidona
- → Middle High German: Kemptun
  - German: Kempten

References

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

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kambo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 186

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