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cammarus

Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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    From Ancient Greek κάμμαρος (kámmaros), 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

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    Noun

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    cammarus m (genitive cammarī); second declension

    1. lobster

    Declension

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    Second-declension noun.

    Case Singular Plural
    Nominative cammarus cammarī
    Genitive cammarī cammarōrum
    Dative cammarō cammarīs
    Accusative cammarum cammarōs
    Ablative cammarō cammarīs
    Vocative cammare cammarī

    Descendants

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    References

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    • “cammarus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “cammarus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • cammarus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    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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