Camena, Camenae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Poetry
Muse; poetry; poem (L+S); song; (pl.) Latin goddesses of poetry (Cas);
Inflections
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | Camena | Camenae |
| Gen. | Camenae | Camenarum |
| Dat. | Camenae | Camenis |
| Acc. | Camenam | Camenas |
| Voc. | Camena | Camenae |
| Abl. | Camena | Camenis |
Examples
Liber I
Aulus Gellius
"...inmortales mortales si foret fas flere, fierent divae Camenae Naevium poetam. itaque postquam est Orcho traditus thesauro, obliti..."Satura VII
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...Caesare tantum; solus enim tristes hac tempestate Camenas respexit, cum iam celebres notique poetae balneolum Gabiis, Romae conducere..."Liber VIII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Augusto pia tura uictimasque pro uestro date Silio, Camenae. Bis senos iubet en redire fasces, nato consule, nobilique..."Liber VII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...lingere quae putas uirile. Commendare meas, Instanti Rufe, Camenas parce, precor, socero: seria forsan amat. Quod si lasciuos..."Liber II
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...currere debeas Bouillas, interiungere quaeris ad Camenas? I nunc, edere me iube libellos. Declamas belle, causas agis, Attice..."Medea
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...lentis retinet carinas stare querentes. Ille uocali genitus Camena, cuius ad chordas modulante plectro restitit torrens, siluere uenti..."
Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...amor simplexque canendi causa trahit: tecum similes iunctaeque Camenae, Stella, mihi, multumque pares bacchamur ad aras et sociam..."Ecloga III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Ecologues
"...deinde sequere, Menalca. alternis dicetis; amant alterna Camenae. Damoetas Ab Iove principium Musae, Iovis omnia plena; ille colit..."