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campa, ae, v. campe.

campăgus, i, m., a kind of boot worn by military officers (late Lat.), Treb Gall. 16; Capitol. Max. jun. c. 2; Edict. Diocl. p. 24.

1. campana, ae, f. [Ital. campana, a bell; campanile, a belfry], a bell (late Lat.), Dig. 41, 1, 12.

2. Campāna, ae, f., v. Campania, II. A. 1.

campānĕus or campānĭus, a, um, adj. [campus]; in the land surveyors = campestris, of or pertaining to the fields: loca, Innocent. ap. Goes. pp. 239 and 240.

Campānĭa, ae, f., = Καμπανία [campus, i. e. the plain, the level country],

  1. I. the very fruitful and luxurious (Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 95) province of Campania, in Middle Italy, whose chief city was Capua, now Terra di Lavoro, Mel. 2, 4, 2 and 9; Liv. 2, 52, 1; Tib. 1, 9, 33; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 60; Flor. 1, 16, 3.
  2. II. Derivv.
    1. A. Campānus, a, um, adj., Campanian, of Campania: ager, Cic. Agr. 1, 7, 20; 2, 32, 87; Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 20, 3: rus, Mart. 9, 61, 4: colonia, Cic. Agr. 2, 32, 85: matres, Liv. 26, 13, 15: merum, Mart. 1, 19, 6: Lyaeus, i. e. wine, id. 1, 13, 118: rosae, Plin. 21, 4, 10, § 16; cf. Mart. 9, 61: aes, Plin. 34, 8, 20, § 95: supellex, i. e. earthen, Hor. S. 1, 6, 118: trulla, id. ib. 2, 3, 144: luxuria, Liv. 23, 45, 2: morbus, a kind of wart or tumor endemic in Campania, Hor. S. 1, 5, 62 (v. Schol. Crucq.): Campanus pons, near Capua, leading over the Savo to Sinuessa, Hor. S. 1, 5, 45; Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 62: urbs, i. e. Capua, Verg. A. 10, 145: Via, a branch of the Via Appia, Suet. Aug. 94; Vitr. 8, 3; Inscr. Grut. 374, 5; 611, 13 al.
      Subst.
      1. 1. campāna, ae f., a, stilyard, Isid. Orig. 16, 25, 6; Gloss. Vat. ap. Auct. Class. 7, p. 581 Mai.
      2. 2. Plur.: Campāni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Campania, the Campanians, Cic. Agr. 1, 7, 20; 2, 35, 94 and 96 al.
    2. B. Campā-nĭcus, a, um, adj., Campanian: aratra, Cato, R. R. 135, 2: fiscinae, id. ib. and 153: serta, id. 107, 1 (Plin. 21, 9, 29, § 53: sertula Campana): peristromata, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 13.
    3. * C. Campānĭus, a, um, adj., Campanian: terra = Campania, Tib. 1, 9, 33 (cf.: terra Arabia, Celtiberia, etc.).
    4. * D. Campans, antis, adj., of Compania: genus, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 144 Brix ad loc. (also ap. Non. p. 486, 24).

† campē (Col. poët. 10, 324; 10, 366), ēs (the Lat. form of the nom. campa is not used), f., = κάμπη.

  1. * I. A turning, writhing: campas dicere, to seek evasions, Plaut. Truc. 5, 50.
  2. II. A caterpillar, pure Lat. eruca, Col. l. l. (cf. id. 11, 3, 63, κάμπαι); Pall. 1, 35, 6 and 13.

Campensis [campus], a surname of Isis, who had a temple on the Campus Martius, App. M. 11, p. 270, 27.

campester (campestris, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 696 P.; Col. 3, 13, 8; 7, 2, 3; 3, 14, 1, is suspicious; v. Schneid. ad h. l.), tris, tre, adj. [campus].

  1. I. Of or pertaining to a level field, even, flat, level, champaign, opp. montanus and collinus; cf. Liv. 10, 2, 5; 40, 38, 2; 40, 53, 3 al.: tria genera simplicia agrorum campestre, collinum et montanum, Varr. R. R. 1, 6, 2: campester locus, id. ib. § 6; cf.: vineae collinae et campestres, Col. 12, 21, 1: resina, Plin. 24, 6, 22, § 34: acer, id. 16, 15, 26, § 67 al.: locus, Col. 3, 13, 8: pars, id. 1, 2, 3. situs, id. 7, 2, 3: sationes, id. 11, 3, 21: positio, id. 1, 2, 4: culta, Plin. 25, 5, 18, § 39: campestres ac demissi loci, Caes. B. G. 7, 72: iter, id. B. C. 1, 66; Liv. 21, 32, 6: vici, id. 40, 58, 2: urbs, id. 23, 45, 10. oppidum, id. 27, 39, 12: barbari, dwelling in plains, id. 39, 53, 13; cf. Scythae, Hor C. 3, 24, 9: hostis, fighting on a plain, Liv. 22, 18, 3 al.
    1. B. Subst.: campe-strĭa, ĭum, n., a plain, flat land, level ground, Tac. G. 43: in campestribus, Plin. 6, 26, 30, § 118.
  2. II. Relating to the Campus Martius.
    1. A. Of the athletic exercises held there: ludus, Cic. Cael. 5, 11: proelia, contests in the Campus, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 54: exercitationes, Suet. Aug. 83; id. Ner. 10: decursio, id. Galb. 6 fin.: arma, used in the contests held there, Hor. A. P 379.
      Hence,
      1. 2. Subst.
        1. a. campestre, is, n. (sc. velamentum), a leather apron worn about the loins, a wrestling-apron (orig. of the combatants in the Field of Mars; hence the name): campestria Latinum verbum est, sed ex eo dictum, quod juvenes, qui exercebantur in Campo, pudenda operiebant; unde qui ita succincti sunt campestratos vulgus appellat, Aug. Civ Dei, 14, 17.
          Also worn in hot weather under the toga, in place of the tunic, Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 18; Vulcat. Avid. Cass. 4 al.
        2. b. campe-stres, ĭum, m., the deities who presided over contests, Inscr. Orell. 1358; 1794; 2101; Inscr. Don. 59, 5.
    2. B. Pertaining to the comitia held in the Campus Martius: quaestus, Cic. Har. Resp. 20, 42: gratia. Liv. 7, 1, 2: res ex campestri certamine in senatum pervenit, id. 32, 7, 11: operae, Suet. Aug. 3: temeritas, Val. Max. 4, 1, n 14.

‡ campestrātus, i, m., clothed with the campestre or apron, Aug. Civ. Dei, 14, 17; v. campester, II. A. 2. a.

* campĭ-cursĭo (better as two words), ōnis, f. [campus], military exercise in the Campus Martius, Veg. Mil. 3, 4 (in Suet. Ner. 7, and id. Galb. 6, called decursio).

campĭ-doctor (better as two words), ōris, m. [campus], one who drills or exercises soldiers in the Campus Martius, a drill-master, Veg. Mil. 3, 6; 3, 8; 1, 13; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 53; Amm. 15, 3, 10; Inscr. Orell. 1790; 3495.

campĭgĕni, ōrum, m. [campus-gigno], well disciplined soldiers (late Lat.), Veg. Mil. 2, 7.

campsanēma, ătis, n., a plant, = ros marinus, App. Herb. 79.

* campso, āre, v. a. [κάμπτω, to bend, to turn], to turn around a place, to sail by, to double: Leucatam, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 906 P. (Ann. v. 334 Vahl.; cf. campter and flecto).

* camptaules, ae, m., an unknown kind of musician, Vop. Carin. 19.

† campter, ēris, m., = καμπτήρ, a bending, turning, an angle, Pac. ap. Non. p. 65, 1 (Trag. Rel. v. 48 Rib.).

1. campus, i, m. [cf. κῆπος, Dor. κᾶπος; perh. for scampus from σκάπτω, to dig, scabo; whence Campania, and perh. Capua; for the inserted m, cf. AAB-’ λαμβάνω].

  1. I. In gen.
    1. A. Lit., of any open, level land, without reference to cultivation or use, an even, flat place, a plain, field (freq. and class.; cf.: ager, planities, aequor; opp. mons, collis, silva, etc.; cf. Doed. Syn. III. p. 8 sq.): saxum plani raptim petit aequora campi, Lucr. 3, 1015; cf. id. 5, 950: in camporum patentium aequoribus, Cic. Div. 1, 42, 93: aequor campi, Verg. A. 7, 781; Sil. 5, 376: aequo dare se campo, id. 9, 56: in aequo campi, Liv. 5, 38, 4: campos pedibus transire, Lucr. 4, 460; cf. id. 5, 493: campos et montes peragrantes, Cic. Div. 1, 42, 94; cf. id. N. D. 2, 39, 98: spatia frugifera atque immensa camporum, id. ib. 2, 64, 161; Col. 1, 2, 4; Lucr. 5, 1372: campus in prata et arva salictaque et arundineta digestus, Col. 1, 2, 3; cf. Auct. Her. 4, 18, 25; Curt. 8, 1, 4; Lucr. 5, 782; Tib. 4, 3, 1: virentes, Lucr. 1, 19: frequens herbis et fertilis ubere, Verg. G. 2, 185: gramineus, id. A. 5, 287; Hor. C. 2, 5, 6: pingues Asiae, id. Ep. 1, 3, 5: redeunt jam gramina campis, id. C. 4, 7, 1: herbosus, id. ib. 3, 18, 9: herbidus aquosusque, Liv. 9, 2, 7: opimus, id’. 31, 41, 7: campi frumenti ac pecoris et omnium copiā rerum opulenti, id. 22, 3, 3: pigri, Hor. C. 1, 22, 17 al.
      Campus, like ager, is used in a wider or more restricted sense, as conveying a particular or more general idea: in agro publico campi duo milia jugerum immunia possidere, Cic. Phil. 3, 9, 22: agros Vaticanum et Pupinium, cum suis opimis atque uberibus campis conferendos, id. Agr. 2, 35, 96: si pinguis agros metabere campi, Verg. G. 2, 274 and 276; Lucr. 2, 324 sq.: certamina magna per campos instructa, id. 2, 5: campus terrenus, Liv. 33, 17, 8: dimicaturum puro ac patenti campo, id. 24, 14, 6: (praefecti regii) suas copias in campum Marathona deduxerunt, Nep. Milt. 4, 2: numquam in campo (in the free, open field) sui fecit potestatem, id. Ages. 3, 6; so id. Hann. 5, 4; Ov. M. 10, 151; cf. id. ib. 13, 579: insistere Bedriacensibus campis ac vestigia recentis victoriae lustrare oculis concupivit (Vitellius), Tac. H. 2, 70; so, Bebriaci Campo spolium affectare, the battlefield, Juv. 2, 106: campum colligere, Veg. Mil. 3, 25.
      1. 2. Meton., the produce of the field: moriturque ad sibila (serpentis) campus, Stat. Th. 5, 528.
    2. B. Poet. like aequor, in gen., any level surface (of the sea, a rock, etc.): caeruleos per campos, Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 15: campi natantes, Lucr. 5, 489; 6, 405; 6, 1141: liquentes, Verg. A. 6, 724; 10, 214: campus Liberioris aquae, Ov. M. 1, 41; 1, 43: latus aquarum, id. ib. 1, 315; 11, 356: immotā attollitur undā Campus (i. e. saxum), Verg. A. 5, 128.
    3. C. Trop.: feratur eloquentia non semitis sed campis, on the open field, Quint. 5, 14, 31: (oratio) aequo congressa campo, on a fair field, id. 5, 12, 92: velut campum nacti expositionis, id. 4, 2, 39.
  2. II. Esp.
    1. A. As geog. designation.
      1. 1. Campi Alēii, a plain in Lycia, Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63.
      2. 2. Campi Lăpĭdĕi, a stony plain near Marseilles, now La Crau, Hyg. Astr. 2, 6; Plin. 3, 4, 5, § 34; 21, 10, 31, § 57.
      3. 3. Campi Ma-cri, a district in Gallia Cisalpina, on the river Macra, Varr. R. R. 2, prooem. § 6; Liv. 41, 18, 6; 45, 12, 11.
      4. 4. Campi Magni, in Africa, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 167 (cf. Vahl. p. 167); Liv. 30, 8, 3.
      5. 5. Campi Vĕtĕres, in Lucania, Liv. 25, 16, 25.
    2. B. An open place in or near Rome.
      1. 1. Campus Esquĭlīnus, on the Esquiline Hill, Cic. Phil. 9, 7, 17; Suet. Claud. 25.
      2. 2. Campus Flāmĭnĭus, on which stood the Circus Flaminius, Varr. L. L. 5, § 32 Müll.
      3. 3. Campus Scĕlĕrātus, near the Colline Gate, Liv. 8, 15, 8; Fest. p. 333 Müll.
      4. 4. Far more freq. Campus, a grassy plain in Rome along the Tiber, in the ninth district, orig. belonging to the Tarquinii, after whose expulsion it was consecrated to Mars (Liv. 2, 5, 2); hence fully called Campus Martĭus, a place of assembly for the Roman people at the comitia centuriata, Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 11; id. Q. Fr. 2, 2, 1; id. Rab. Perd. 4, 11; Hor. C. 3, 1, 11; Quint. 11, 1, 47 al.
        Hence,
        1. b. Meton., the comitia themselves: curiam pro senatu, campum pro comitiis, Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 167: fors domina campi, id. Pis. 2, 3: venalis, Luc. 1, 180; also, much resorted to by the Romans for games, exercise, and recreation, a place for military drills, etc. (cf. campicursio and campidoctor), Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104; id. Quint. 18, 59; id. Fat. 4, 8; 15, 34; id. de Or. 2, 62, 253; 2, 71, 287; Hor. C. 1, 8, 4; 1, 9, 18; 3, 7, 26; id. S. 1, 6, 126; 2, 6, 49; id. Ep. 1, 7, 59; 1, 11, 4; id. A. P. 162.
  3. III. Trop., a place of action, a field, a theatre, opportunity, subject for debate, etc. (cf. area) (a favorite figure of Cic.): me ex hoc ut ita dicam campo aequitatis ad istas verborum angustias revocas, Cic. Caecin. 29, 84: cum sit campus, in quo exsultare possit oratio, cur eam tantas in angustias et in Stoicorum dumeta compellimus? id. Ac. 2, 35, 112; cf. id. de Or. 3, 19, 70: in hoc tanto tamque immenso campo cum liceat oratori vagari libere, id. ib. 3, 31, 124: magnus est in re publicā campus, multis apertus cursus ad laudem, id. Phil. 14, 6, 17: nullum vobis sors campum dedit, in quo excurrere virtus cognoscique posset, id. Mur. 8, 18; Plin. Pan. 31, 1: honoris et gloriae campus, id. ib. 70, 8: rhetorum campus de Marathone, Salamine, Plataeis, etc., Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61; Juv. 1, 19.

† 2. campus, i, m., = κάμπος, a seaanimal: marini = hippocampi, Mart. 9, 43, 1.

Căpŭa, ae, f., = Καπύη [kindred with campus, q. v.],

  1. I. the chief city of Campania, celebrated for its riches and luxury, now Sta. Maria di Capua, Mel. 2, 4, 2; Cic. Pis. 11, 24; 11, 25; id. Agr. 1, 6, 18 sq.; 2, 32, 87; Verg. G. 2, 224; Hor. Epod. 16, 5; id. S. 1, 5, 47; id. Ep. 1, 11, 11: Capua ab campo dicta, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 63; cf. Liv. 4, 37, 1; other fabulous etymologies v. in Serv. ad Verg. A. 10, 145, and Paul. ex Fest. p. 43 Müll.: Capuam Hannibali Cannas fuisse, Flor. 2, 6, 21; cf. Cannae.
  2. II. Adj.
    1. A. Campanus, v. under Campania, 2. a.
    2. B. Căpŭensis, e, of Capua (late Lat.), Inscr. Orell. 3766.
      Plur.: Capuenses, the inhabitants of Capua, Schol. Bobiens. Cic. post Red. in Sen. p. 249 Orell.
    3. C. Că-pŭānus, of Capua, used by some acc. to analogy, Varr. L. L. 10, § 16, p. 163 Bip.

Macri Campi (also Campi Ma-cri, Varr. R. R. 2 praef. § 6, and Liv. 41, 18), = Μακροὶ Κάμποι, a region in Gallia Cispadana, on the river Macra, in the vicinity of Parma and Modena, Varr. R. R. 2 praef. § 6; Col. 7, 2, 3; Liv. 41, 18, 5; 45, 12, 11.

Stellātis ăger or campus, a district in Southern Campania, near Cales, Cic. Agr. 2, 31, 85; 1, 7, 20; Liv. 9, 44, 5; 10, 31, 5; 22, 13, 6; Suet. Caes. 20; Sil. 11, 268.
Hence, Stellātīnus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the ager Stellatis: tribus, Liv. 6, 5, 8; cf. Fest. p. 343; Inscr. Grut. 35, 3; 484, 3.