caphura

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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

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First-declension noun.

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