caphura
Latin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Koine Greek καφουρά (kaphourá); of Austronesian origin.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kaˈpʰuː.ra/, [käˈpʰuːrä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kaˈfu.ra/, [käˈfuːrä]
Noun
editcaphūra f (genitive caphūrae); first declension
- (Renaissance Latin, New Latin) camphor tree (Cinnamomum camphora)
- 1536, Jean Ruel, chapter 26, in De Natura Stirpium, page 102:
- Caphura (ut Aetius posteritatis memoriae prodidit) arbor in India tanta magnitudine uisitur, ut sub eius umbra hominum centuriae condi possint.
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- 1601, Carolus Clusius, chapter 9, in Rariorum Plantarum Historia, page 161:
- Est vero caphura nobile medicamentum (cuius nec Galenus, nec quisquam veterum Graecorum meminit, praeter Aetium e recentioribus, tametsi Serapionis vulgata exemplaria Dioscoridis auctoritatem citent, falso tamen) duorum generum, caphura videlicet de Burneo, & quae ex Sina advehitur.
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- 1697, Friedrich Cronberg, Dissertatio inauguralis medica, de caphura, page 8:
- Et hoc modo caphura colligitur ex arbore Borneensi, cuius maturitatem Incolae explorare solent auribus sub solis ortum trunco admotis, […]
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Declension
editFirst-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | caphūra | caphūrae |
Genitive | caphūrae | caphūrārum |
Dative | caphūrae | caphūrīs |
Accusative | caphūram | caphūrās |
Ablative | caphūrā | caphūrīs |
Vocative | caphūra | caphūrae |
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