Campaspe

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English

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Proper noun

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Campaspe

  1. A supposed concubine of Alexander the Great.
  2. A rural locality in Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia
  3. A river in northern Queensland, which joins the Cape River at Campaspe.
  4. A river in Victoria, Australia, which flows north to join the Murray.
  5. The Shire of Campaspe, a local government area in northern Victoria, named after the river.

Noun

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Campaspe (plural Campaspes)

  1. (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.

Latin

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek Καμπάσπη (Kampáspē).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Campaspē f sg (genitive Campaspēs); first declension

  1. A supposed concubine of Alexander the Great.

Declension

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First-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Campaspē
Genitive Campaspēs
Dative Campaspae
Accusative Campaspēn
Ablative Campaspē
Vocative Campaspē

References

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  • Campaspe”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray