oppidum

== English == === Etymology === From Latin oppidum (“(chiefly walled or fortified) town”). === Noun === oppidum (plural oppida) A large, defended Iron Age settlement associated with the Celtic La Tène culture. [from 19th c.] == French == === Noun === oppidum m (plural oppidums) oppidum === Further reading === “oppidum”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Latin == === Alternative forms === oppid. (abbreviation) opidum === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *oppedom, from Proto-Indo-European *pedo- meaning either "step > ground" or "foot" - compare the morphology of Ancient Greek ἐπίπεδος (epípedos, “plane, superficial”). Cognates include Ancient Greek πέδον (pédon), Sanskrit पद (pada, “on or over the plain”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɔp.pɪ.dũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɔp.pi.dum] === Noun === oppidum n (genitive oppidī); second declension town (esp. of towns other than Rome, which was generally called Urbs) ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Derived terms ==== oppidānus oppidātim oppidulum oppidō ==== Descendants ==== Italian: Oppido (toponym), → oppido Neapolitan: Oppitu, Òppete (toponyms) Portuguese: Óbidos (toponym), → ópido === References === “oppidum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “oppidum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "oppidum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “oppidum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. “oppidum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “oppidum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin