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Latin
Etymology 1
Uncertain; seemingly of non-Latin Proto-Indo-European origin. Perhaps in some way related to Proto-Celtic *kurmi (“beer”).
Cited in Greek sources as a drink characteristic of the Paeonians and of the savages north of the Danube. See κάμον for quotations.
Noun
camum n (genitive camī); second declension (Late Latin, rare)
- barley-beer
c. 211 CE – 217 CE,
Ulpian,
Libri ad Sabinum XXIII
(quoted from Justinian's Digest):
- Certe zythum quod in quibusdam provinciis ex tritico vel ex hordeo vel ex pane conficitur non continebitur simili modo nec camum nec cervesia continebitur nec hydromeli.[1]
- Of course zythum — which is made in certain provinces from wheat, barley, or bread — will not fall under the designation of 'wine'; likewise camum, cervesia, and hydromeli will not either.
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Coordinate terms
Descendants
- → Ancient Greek: κάμον (kámon)
References
- “camum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- camum 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)
- camum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Etymology 2
Noun
cāmum
- accusative singular of cāmus