camara

See also: câmara, cámara, and cămară

Latin

Etymology 1

A collateral form of camera (noun), forming a closer analogy with its etymon, the Ancient Greek κᾰμᾰ́ρᾱ (kamárā). Although often associated with Vulgar Latin, it could also be found in some Classical Latin authors' works, as a more "learned" variant of the more usual camera.

Pronunciation

Noun

camara f (genitive camarae); first declension

  1. Alternative spelling of camera
Declension

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative camara camarae
genitive camarae camarārum
dative camarae camarīs
accusative camaram camarās
ablative camarā camarīs
vocative camara camarae

Descendants

References

  • camara in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • camara in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • camara in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • cămăra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 249/2
  • camara in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • camara in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • camara in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
  • “camara” on page 262 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
  • Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “camara”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus (in Latin), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 117/1

Etymology 2

A regularly conjugated form of camarō (verb).

Pronunciation

Verb

camarā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of camarō

Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin camara, from Latin camera, from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈka.ma.ɾa/

Noun

camara f

  1. room, chamber

Descendants

Portuguese

Noun

camara f (plural camaras)

  1. Obsolete spelling of câmara
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