camelus
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See also: Camelus
Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek κάμηλος (kámēlos, “camel”), from a Semitic language; compare Arabic جَمَل (jamal) and Hebrew גָּמָל (gamál).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kaˈmeː.lus/, [käˈmeːɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kaˈme.lus/, [käˈmɛːlus]
Noun[edit]
camēlus m (genitive camēlī, feminine camēla); second declension
- A camel
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | camēlus | camēlī |
Genitive | camēlī | camēlōrum |
Dative | camēlō | camēlīs |
Accusative | camēlum | camēlōs |
Ablative | camēlō | camēlīs |
Vocative | camēle | camēlī |
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
From Vulgar Latin *camellus
References[edit]
- “camelus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “camelus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- camelus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- camelus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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