Camena

Latin

Alternative forms

• Casmēna
• Carmēna
• Camoena

Etymology

Older form in Casmēna. Traditionally associated with carmen (“chant, song, poem”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kaˈmeː.na/, [käˈmeːnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kaˈme.na/, [käˈmɛːnä]

Noun

Camēna f sg (genitive Camēnae); first declension

1. a water-nymph of the Romans (e.g. Egeria)
   • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 1.21.3:

     lūcus erat, quem medium ex opācō specū fōns perennī rigābat aquā. quō quia sē persaepe Numa sine arbitrīs velut ad congressum deae inferēbat, Camēnīs eum lūcum sacrāvit, quod eārum ibi concilia cum conjuge suā Ēgeriā essent.

2. a muse
   • 3rd century BCE, Livius Andronicus, Odusia 1.1:

     Virum mihi, Camēna, īnsece versūtum.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Camēna	Camēnae
Genitive	Camēnae	Camēnārum
Dative	Camēnae	Camēnīs
Accusative	Camēnam	Camēnās
Ablative	Camēnā	Camēnīs
Vocative	Camēna	Camēnae

Derived terms

• Camēnālis

Descendants

• → French: Camène
• → German: Kamene

References

• Camena in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Camena in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
• “Camena”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic камень (kamenĭ, “stone”).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Camena f

1. A village in Cornereva, Caraș-Severin, Romania
2. A village in Baia, Tulcea, Romania