καμασήν
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
Given the fish name ἠλακατήν (ēlakatḗn, “kind of tunny”), which derives from ἠλακάτη (ēlakátē, “distaff, spindle”), one would posit a basic word *κάμασος, with suffixal -ασος like in πέτασος (pétasos, “broad-brimmed hat”). It has been connected with Balto-Slavic words for the "sheatfish", such as Lithuanian šāmas, Latvian sams and Russian сом (som). Further connected with κάμαξ (kámax, “pole, bar”) by Solmsen. Probably a loan from the European substrate. Furnée connects it with κάβαισος (kábaisos, “glutton, gourmand”) and καμασός (kamasós, “gulf, pit”), but without evidence.
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ka.ma.sɛ̌ːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ka.maˈse̝n/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ka.maˈsin/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ka.maˈsin/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ka.maˈsin/
Noun edit
κᾰμᾰσήν • (kamasḗn) m (genitive κᾰμᾰσῆνος); third declension
- name of an unknown kind of fish
Declension edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ κᾰμᾰσήν ho kamasḗn |
τὼ κᾰμᾰσῆνε tṑ kamasêne |
οἱ κᾰμᾰσῆνες hoi kamasênes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ κᾰμᾰσῆνος toû kamasênos |
τοῖν κᾰμᾰσήνοιν toîn kamasḗnoin |
τῶν κᾰμᾰσήνων tôn kamasḗnōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ κᾰμᾰσῆνῐ tôi kamasêni |
τοῖν κᾰμᾰσήνοιν toîn kamasḗnoin |
τοῖς κᾰμᾰσῆσῐ / κᾰμᾰσῆσῐν toîs kamasêsi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν κᾰμᾰσῆνᾰ tòn kamasêna |
τὼ κᾰμᾰσῆνε tṑ kamasêne |
τοὺς κᾰμᾰσῆνᾰς toùs kamasênas | ||||||||||
Vocative | κᾰμᾰσήν kamasḗn |
κᾰμᾰσῆνε kamasêne |
κᾰμᾰσῆνες kamasênes | ||||||||||
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Further reading edit
- “καμασῆνες”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- καμασήν in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN