Campaspe
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English
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Campaspe
- A supposed concubine of Alexander the Great.
- A rural locality in Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia
- A river in northern Queensland, which joins the Cape River at Campaspe.
- A river in Victoria, Australia, which flows north to join the Murray.
- The Shire of Campaspe, a local government area in northern Victoria, named after the river.
Noun
[edit]Campaspe (plural Campaspes)
- (archaic, poetic) A man's mistress.
- John Lyly
- Cupid and my Campaspe play'd / At cards for kisses—Cupid paid: […]
- 1836, David Paul Brown, The Prophet of St. Paul's: A Play, in Five Acts, page 23:
- But there may be Campaspes in our train.
- John Lyly
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek Καμπάσπη (Kampáspē).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kamˈpas.peː/, [kämˈpäs̠peː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kamˈpas.pe/, [kämˈpäspe]
Proper noun
[edit]Campaspē f sg (genitive Campaspēs); first declension
- A supposed concubine of Alexander the Great.
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Campaspē |
Genitive | Campaspēs |
Dative | Campaspae |
Accusative | Campaspēn |
Ablative | Campaspē |
Vocative | Campaspē |
References
[edit]- “Campaspe”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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