Camicus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Καμῑκός (Kamīkós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kaˈmiː.kus/, [käˈmiːkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kaˈmi.kus/, [käˈmiːkus]

Proper noun

Camīcus m sg (genitive Camīcī); second declension

1. A city or fortress of Sicily, situated not far from Agrigentum
2. A river that flows near this city

Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Camīcus
Genitive	Camīcī
Dative	Camīcō
Accusative	Camīcum
Ablative	Camīcō
Vocative	Camīce
Locative	Camīcī

Further reading

• “Camicus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly