κάματος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the root of κᾰ́μνω (kắmnō, “to be weary”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ká.ma.tos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ma.tos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ma.tos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ma.tos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ma.tos/

Noun

κᾰ́μᾰτος • (kắmătos) m (genitive κᾰμᾰ́του); second declension

toil, trouble
weariness, exhaustion, fatigue, tiredness
product of toil; thing made
(Byzantine, finance) interest (price of credit)

Declension

Second declension of ὁ κᾰ́μᾰτος; τοῦ κᾰμᾰ́του (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κᾰ́μᾰτος ho kắmătos	τὼ κᾰμᾰ́τω tṑ kămắtō	οἱ κᾰ́μᾰτοι hoi kắmătoi
Genitive	τοῦ κᾰμᾰ́του toû kămắtou	τοῖν κᾰμᾰ́τοιν toîn kămắtoin	τῶν κᾰμᾰ́των tôn kămắtōn
Dative	τῷ κᾰμᾰ́τῳ tōî kămắtōi	τοῖν κᾰμᾰ́τοιν toîn kămắtoin	τοῖς κᾰμᾰ́τοις toîs kămắtois
Accusative	τὸν κᾰ́μᾰτον tòn kắmăton	τὼ κᾰμᾰ́τω tṑ kămắtō	τοὺς κᾰμᾰ́τους toùs kămắtous
Vocative	κᾰ́μᾰτε kắmăte	κᾰμᾰ́τω kămắtō	κᾰ́μᾰτοι kắmătoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ᾱ̆̓κᾰ́μᾰτᾰ (ā̆kắmătă)
ᾱ̆̓κᾰμᾰτεί (ā̆kămăteí)
ᾰ̓κᾰμᾰ́της (ăkămắtēs)
ᾱ̆̓κᾰ́μᾰτος (ā̆kắmătos)
ᾱ̆̓κᾰμᾰ́τως (ā̆kămắtōs)
ᾰ̓λλοτρῐοκᾰ́μᾰτος (ăllotrĭokắmătos)
εὐκᾰ́μᾰτος (eukắmătos)
ἡμεροκᾰ́μᾰτον (hēmerokắmăton)
κᾰμᾰτᾰ́ω (kămătắō)
κᾰμᾰτερός (kămăterós)
κᾰμᾰτηδόν (kămătēdón)
κᾰμᾰτήρῐος (kămătḗrĭos)
κᾰμᾰτηρός (kămătērós)
κᾰμᾰτηρῶς (kămătērôs)
κᾰμᾰτηφόρος (kămătēphóros)
κᾰμᾰτουργῐ́ᾱ (kămătourgĭ́ā)
κᾰμᾰτόω (kămătóō)
κᾰμᾰτῶ (kămătô)
κᾰμᾰτώδδης (kămătṓddēs)
κᾰμᾰτώδης (kămătṓdēs)
κενοκᾰ́μᾰτος (kenokắmătos)
μᾰκροκᾰ́μᾰτος (măkrokắmătos)
πολῠκᾰ́μᾰτος (polŭkắmătos)
φῐλοκᾰ́μᾰτος (phĭlokắmătos)

Descendants

Descendants

→ Albanian: kamatë
→ Macedonian: камата (kamata)
→ Romanian: camătă
→ Serbo-Croatian: kamata

Further reading

“κάματος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
κάματος in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
κάματος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
κάματος in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007), Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
“κάματος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- exhaustion idem, page 291.
- fatigue idem, page 310.
- labour idem, page 472.
- prostration idem, page 653.
- tedium idem, page 859.
- toil idem, page 880.
- trouble idem, page 897.
- weariness idem, page 970.
- work idem, page 988.