campester

Latin

Alternative forms

• campestris

Etymology

From campus (“field, plain”) +‎ -estris.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kamˈpes.ter/, [kämˈpɛs̠t̪ɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kamˈpes.ter/, [kämˈpɛst̪er]

Adjective

campester (feminine campestris, neuter campestre); third-declension three-termination adjective

1. level, even, flat
2. (relational) field, plain

Declension

Third-declension three-termination adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	campester	campestris	campestre		campestrēs		campestria
Genitive	campestris				campestrium
Dative	campestrī				campestribus
Accusative	campestrem		campestre		campestrēs		campestria
Ablative	campestrī				campestribus
Vocative	campester	campestris	campestre		campestrēs		campestria

Related terms

• campus

Descendants

• Catalan: campestre
• French: champêtre
• →⇒ English: campestral
• → Italian: campestre
• → Portuguese: campestre
• → Romanian: campestru
• → Spanish: campestre

Noun

campester m or f (genitive campestris); third declension

1. (usually in the plural) god or goddess of the fields or contests

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	campester	campestrēs
Genitive	campestris	campestrum
Dative	campestrī	campestribus
Accusative	campestrem	campestrēs
Ablative	campestre	campestribus
Vocative	campester	campestrēs

References

• “campester”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “campester”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• campester in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.