camara

See also: Camara, Câmara, 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

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ma.ra/, [ˈkämäɾä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ma.ra/, [ˈkɑːmɑɾɑ]

Noun

camara f (genitive camarae); first declension

1. Alternative spelling of camera

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	camara	camarae
Genitive	camarae	camarārum
Dative	camarae	camarīs
Accusative	camaram	camarās
Ablative	camarā	camarīs
Vocative	camara	camarae

Descendants

• Italo-Dalmatian
  • Gallurese: cambara
  • Sassarese: camara
  • Sicilian: càmmara
    • → Maltese: kamra
• Rhaeto-Romance
  • Friulian: cjamare
• Venetian: càmara
• West Iberian
  • Old Leonese: [Term?]
    • Asturian: cámara
  • Old Portuguese: camara
    • Galician: cámara
    • Portuguese: câmara, cambra (see there for further descendants)
  • Old Spanish: [Term?]
    • Spanish: cámara
• → Bulgarian: камара (kamara)
• → Greek: κάμαρα (kámara)
  • → Aromanian: cãmarã
  • → Romanian: cămară
• → Hungarian: kamara

References

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

Etymology 2

A regularly conjugated form of camarō (verb).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ma.raː/, [ˈkämäɾäː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ma.ra/, [ˈkɑːmɑɾɑ]

Verb

camarā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of camarō

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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
   • 13th century C.E., Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, , E codex, cantiga 312 (facsimile):

     ⁊ poren dẽtr en ſa Caſa lle deu en que a lauraſſe / hũa Camara fremoſa

     and for this reason he gave him a beautiful chamber inside his house in which to carve it

Descendants

• Galician: cámara
• Portuguese: câmara, cambra (see there for further descendants)

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Portuguese

Noun

camara f (plural camaras)

1. Obsolete spelling of câmara