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. [campus].
I 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.—
B Subst.: campestrĭa , ĭum, n., a plain , flat land , level ground , Tac. G. 43: in campestribus, Plin. 6, 26, 30, § 118.—
II Relating to the Campus Martius.
A 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,
2 Subst.
a campestre , is, n. (sc. velamentum), a leather apron worn about the loins , a wrestling-apron (orig. of the combatants in the Field of Mars; hence the name): campestria Latinum verbum est, sed ex eo dictum, quod juvenes, qui exercebantur in Campo, pudenda operiebant; unde qui ita succincti sunt campestratos vulgus appellat, Aug. Civ Dei, 14, 17.—Also worn in hot weather under the toga, in place of the tunic, Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 18; Vulcat. Avid. Cass. 4 al.—
b campe-stres , ĭum, m., the deities who presided over contests , Inscr. Orell. 1358; 1794; 2101; Inscr. Don. 59, 5.—
B 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.