(adj.Subst.) : campester (campestris, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 696 P.; Col. 3, 13, 8; 7, 2, 3; 3, 14, 1, is suspicious; v. Schneid. ad h. l.), tris, tre, adj. id..
* Of or pertaining to a level field, even, flat, level, champaign, opp. montanus and collinus; cf. Liv. 10, 2, 5; 40, 38, 2; 40, 53, 3 al.: tria genera simplicia agrorum campestre, collinum et montanum,Varr. R. R. 1, 6, 2: campester locus,id. ib. § 6; cf.: vineae collinae et campestres,Col. 12, 21, 1: resina,Plin. 24, 6, 22, § 34: acer,id. 16, 15, 26, § 67 al.: locus,Col. 3, 13, 8: pars,id. 1, 2, 3. situs, id. 7, 2, 3: sationes,id. 11, 3, 21: positio,id. 1, 2, 4: culta,Plin. 25, 5, 18, § 39: campestres ac demissi loci,Caes. B. G. 7, 72: iter,id. B. C. 1, 66; Liv. 21, 32, 6: vici,id. 40, 58, 2: urbs,id. 23, 45, 10. oppidum, id. 27, 39, 12: barbari,dwelling in plains,id. 39, 53, 13; cf. Scythae, Hor C. 3, 24, 9: hostis,fighting on a plain,Liv. 22, 18, 3 al.
* Subst.: campe-strĭa, ĭum, n., a plain, flat land, level ground, Tac. G. 43: in campestribus,Plin. 6, 26, 30, § 118.
* Relating to the Campus Martius.
* Of the athletic exercises held there: ludus,Cic. Cael. 5, 11: proelia,contests in the Campus,Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 54: exercitationes,Suet. Aug. 83; id. Ner. 10: decursio,id. Galb. 6 fin.: arma,used in the contests held there,Hor. A. P 379.— Hence
* Subst.
* Pertaining to the comitia held in the Campus Martius: quaestus,Cic. Har. Resp. 20, 42: gratia. Liv. 7, 1, 2: res ex campestri certamine in senatum pervenit,id. 32, 7, 11: operae,Suet. Aug. 3: temeritas,Val. Max. 4, 1, n 14.
* Campe-stres, ĭum, m., the deities who presided over contests, Inscr. Orell. 1358; 1794; 2101; Inscr. Don. 59, 5.

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