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

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ma.ra/

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

• Asturian: cámara
• Friulian: cjamare
• Greek: κάμαρα (kámara)
  • Romanian: cămară
• Old Portuguese: camara
  • Galician: cámara
  • Portuguese: câmara
• Sicilian: càmmara
• Spanish: cámara
• Venetian: càmara

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

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ma.raː/

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, attributed to 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
  • Guinea-Bissau Creole: kamara
  • Hindi: कमरा (kamrā)
  • Indo-Portuguese: cambr, cambra
  • Kabuverdianu: kánbra
  • Kristang: kambra
  • Tetum: kámara
  • Urdu: کمرا‎ (kamrā)

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Portuguese

Noun

camara f (plural camaras)

1. Obsolete spelling of câmara