Ancient Greek edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Pre-Greek. This term is potentially a cognate of Danish hummer, Old Norse humarr (lobster) (which is the source of French homard).[1]

Pronunciation edit

 

Noun edit

κᾰ́μμᾰρος (kámmarosm (genitive κᾰμμᾰ́ρου); second declension

  1. a kind of lobster or shrimp
  2. (medicine) a kind of aconite (used as a cooling medicine)
    1. larkspur, Consolida ajacis (syn. Delphinium ajacis)
      • Ps.-Dsc. 3.73
    2. mandrake, Mandragora officinarum
      • Ps.-Dsc. 4.75

Declension edit

Descendants edit

References edit

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κάμμαρος 1”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 631

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