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campē

campē · f

A turning

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What it meant

campē — Lewis & Short

campē (Col. poët. 10, 324; 10, 366), ēs (the Lat. form of the f., = ka/mph. *

nom. campa is not used),
I A turning, writhing: campas dicere, to seek evasions, Plaut. Truc. 5, 50.—
II A caterpillar, pure Lat. eruca, Col. l. l. (cf. id. 11, 3, 63, ka/mpai); Pall. 1, 35, 6 and 13.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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