camarae
Dictionary entries
- Entry →camara, camarae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Technical
vault, vaulted/arched room/roof/ceiling; small boat roofed over with timber;
dat. sg.gen. sg.loc. sg.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
- A
Liber X
Aulus Gellius
"...pontones, vectoriae, mydia, phaseli, parones, myoparones, lintres, caupuli, camarae, placidae, cydarum, ratariae, catascopium. XXVI. Inscite ab Asinio Pollione..." - G
Liber IV
Gaius Phaedrus from FABVLARVM AESOPIARVM LIBRI QVINQVE
"...perturbatus excitat Simonidem.Vnum promorat uix pedem triclinio,ruina camarae subito oppressit ceteros;nec ulli iuuenes sunt reperti..." - P
Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...quin et barbari contemptim vagabantur, fabricatis repente navibus. camaras vocant, artis lateribus latam alvum sine vinculo aeris..."