camaeus

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unknown, first attested 1295. Perhaps borrowed from Classical Persian خماهن (xumāhan, agate) or Arabic قَمَائِل (qamāʔil, buds of a flower).[1][2][3] Compare French camaïeu.

Noun

camaeus m (genitive camaeī); second declension

  1. (Medieval Latin) cameo (jewellery carved in relief)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative camaeus camaeī
Genitive camaeī camaeōrum
Dative camaeō camaeīs
Accusative camaeum camaeōs
Ablative camaeō camaeīs
Vocative camaee camaeī

Descendants

References

  • camaeus 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)
  • Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “camahutus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill
  • Plantzos, Dimitros (1996) “Hellenistic Cameos: Problems of Classification and Chronology”, in Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies, volume 41, number 1, pages 115–116
  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “cameo”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
  2. ^ Du. (1958). Germany: Conzett & Huber..
  3. ^ Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 287