campus

Meaning

1. (declension-2, masculine) Open flat level ground: a plain, a natural field
2. (declension-2, literary, masculine) Any flat or level surface
3. (declension-2, masculine) a specific plain or field north of Rome’s walls called the Campus Mārtius, where the comitia centuriata were held
4. (declension-2, masculine) A field of action: scope
5. (declension-2, masculine) A field of debate: a topic
6. (declension-2, masculine) An opportunity
7. (declension-2, masculine) The produce of a field
8. (New-Latin, declension-2, masculine) The campus of a university, college, or business

Concepts

field

plain

level place

plane

meadow

earth

acre

Synonyms

ager

plānum

Translations

Feld

champ

campo

campo

αγρός

camp

plaine

campo

veld

Ebene

vlakte

plana

حَقْل

Acker

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈkam.pʊs]

Etymology

Traditionally, from Proto-Italic *kampos, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂ém-po-s, from *kh₂emp- (“to bend, curve; smooth”), making it an exact cognate of Lithuanian kam̃pas (“corner”) and Ancient Greek καμπ- (kamp-, “bend”). Compare camur (“curved, bent”) for the root without a -p- suffix.
Alternatively, perhaps an agricultural term borrowed from a substrate language; this would explain the irregular correspondences between Latin and Greek.