caphura

Latin

Alternative forms

• camphora

Etymology

Borrowed from Koine Greek καφουρά (kaphourá); of Austronesian origin.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kaˈpʰuː.ra/, [käˈpʰuːrä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kaˈfu.ra/, [käˈfuːrä]

Noun

caphūra f (genitive caphūrae); first declension

1. (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

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	caphūra	caphūrae
Genitive	caphūrae	caphūrārum
Dative	caphūrae	caphūrīs
Accusative	caphūram	caphūrās
Ablative	caphūrā	caphūrīs
Vocative	caphūra	caphūrae