English

Noun

oppidum ‎(plural oppida)

1. A large, defended Iron Age settlement associated with the Celtic La Tène culture.

Latin

Alternative forms

• oppid. abbreviation

Etymology

From ob + pedum (from Gr. pedon; Sanskrit pada-m): on or over the plain, from Proto-Indo-European *ped-. Confer with the similar construction in Ancient Greek ἐπίπεδος ‎(epípedos, “plane, superficial”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈop.pi.dum/, [ˈɔp.pɪ.dũ]

Noun

oppidum n ‎(genitive oppidī); second declension

1. town (esp. of towns other than Rome, which was generally called Urbs)

Declension

Second declension.

Derived terms

• oppidānus
• oppidātim
• oppidulum

Descendants

• Portuguese: Óbidos, ópido (borrowing)

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’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “oppidum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the town lies near the sea: oppidum mari adiacet
    
  • the town stands on rising ground: oppidum colli impositum est
    
  • the town lies at the foot of a mountain: oppidum monti subiectum est
    
  • to build, found a city: oppidum constituere, condere
    
  • a town with a strong natural position: oppidum natura loci munitum (B. G. 1. 38)
    
  • a town artificially fortified: oppidum manu (opere) munitum
    
  • to besiege a city: oppidum obsidere
    
  • to besiege a city: oppidum obsidione claudere
    
  • to keep a town in a state of siege: oppidum in obsidione tenere
    
  • to starve a town into surrender: oppidum fame domare
    
  • to storm a town: oppidum oppugnare
    
  • to surround a town with a rampart and fosse: oppidum cingere vallo et fossa
    
  • to rain missiles on a town, bombard it: oppidum tormentis verberare
    
  • to raise a siege (used of the army of relief): oppidum obsidione liberare
    
  • to break into the town: in oppidum irrumpere
    
  • to break into the town: in oppidum irruptionem facere
    
  • to take, storm a town: oppidum capere, expugnare
    
  • to retake a town: oppidum recipere
    
  • to fire a town: oppidum incendere
    
  • to plunder a town: oppidum diripere
    
  • to completely destroy a town: oppidum evertere, excīdere
    
  • to raze a town to the ground: oppidum solo aequare
    
  • a seaport town: oppidum maritimum
    
  • (ambiguous) to make a sally, sortie from the town: eruptionem facere ex oppido
    
  • (ambiguous) to make a sally, sortie from the town: crebras ex oppido excursiones facere (B. G. 2. 30)
    
• 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