κάμηλος

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Semitic *gamal-; compare Arabic جَمَل (jamal) and Hebrew גָּמָל (gāmā́l),[1] Proto-Nakh *imkal, Old Georgian აქლემი (aklemi) and Tocharian A oṅkaläm (“elephant”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κᾰ́μηλος • (kámēlos) m or f (genitive κᾰμήλου); second declension

  1. camel

Declension

Second declension of ὁ, ἡ κᾰ́μηλος; τοῦ, τῆς κᾰμήλου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ, ἡ κᾰ́μηλος
ho, hē kámēlos 		τὼ κᾰμήλω
tṑ kamḗlō 		οἱ, αἱ κᾰ́μηλοι
hoi, hai kámēloi
Genitive τοῦ, τῆς κᾰμήλου
toû, tês kamḗlou 		τοῖν κᾰμήλοιν
toîn kamḗloin 		τῶν κᾰμήλων
tôn kamḗlōn
Dative τῷ, τῇ κᾰμήλῳ
tôi, têi kamḗlōi 		τοῖν κᾰμήλοιν
toîn kamḗloin 		τοῖς, ταῖς κᾰμήλοις
toîs, taîs kamḗlois
Accusative τὸν, τὴν κᾰ́μηλον
tòn, tḕn kámēlon 		τὼ κᾰμήλω
tṑ kamḗlō 		τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς κᾰμήλους
toùs, tā̀s kamḗlous
Vocative κᾰ́μηλε
kámēle 		κᾰμήλω
kamḗlō 		κᾰ́μηλοι
kámēloi
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References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κάμηλος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 630

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