Camaracum

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain, but in any case from Gaulish and containing the Latinized suffix -ācus. The first element may be from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em- (to bend, curve), cognate to Latin camur (crooked) and Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára); compare Norman Old French cambre (bent).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Camarācum n sg (genitive Camarācī); second declension

  1. a town in Gallia Belgica, now Cambrai

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Camarācum
genitive Camarācī
dative Camarācō
accusative Camarācum
ablative Camarācō
vocative Camarācum
locative Camarācī

Further reading

  • Camaracum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Camaracum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly