Meaning of campus | Babel Free

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Examples

“‘hoc’ ait ‘in campō’ (campumque ostendit) ‘habēbat”

“In this plain,” he says (and he shows me the plain), “a thrifty countrywoman was maintaining a little farm along with her sturdy husband.”

“Campus Mārtius”

The Field of Mars

“...campī natantēs...”

“Cum proximīs comitiīs cōnsulāribus mē cōnsulem in campō et competītōrēs tuōs interficere voluistī, compressī cōnātūs tuōs nefāriōs amīcōrum praesidiō et cōpiīs, nūllō tumultū pūblicē concitātō; […] .”

When, at the last consular elections, you wished to kill me, the consul, and your competitors in the Campus Martius, I suppressed your wicked attempts by means of the protection and forces of my friends without any disturbance being excited publicly.

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