camum
Latin
editEtymology 1
editUncertain; seemingly of non-Latin Proto-Indo-European origin. Perhaps in some way related to Proto-Celtic *kurmi (“beer”).
Cited in Greek sources as a drink characteristic of the Paeonians and of the savages north of the Danube. See κάμον for quotations.
Noun
editcamum n (genitive camī); second declension (Late Latin, rare)
- barley-beer
Declension
editSecond-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | camum | cama |
Genitive | camī | camōrum |
Dative | camō | camīs |
Accusative | camum | cama |
Ablative | camō | camīs |
Vocative | camum | cama |
Coordinate terms
editDescendants
edit- → Ancient Greek: κάμον (kámon)
References
edit- “camum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- camum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- camum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Etymology 2
editNoun
editcāmum