camella Latin · revision 36044

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=106–43 BC, Laberius|origins=grc καμάρα}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [kaˈmɛl.la]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [kaˈmɛl.la]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''camella''' ''f'' (genitive camellae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[der|la|camera|t=vault, chamber]], a diminutive,^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Bianchi & Lelli 2014) with the /r/ of the base assimilated to /l/.^(Wiktionary) [[m|la|camera]] is itself [[bor|grc|καμάρα|tr=kamára|t=anything with an arched cover, a vault]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its first known use is in a fragment of Laberius quoted by Gellius,^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010) though Köbler dates it from Ovid.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was a cup or bowl for drinking.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Ovid has milk and boiled-down must drunk from a ''camella'' set out as if it were a mixing bowl,^(TLL) and Petronius uses it several times, of a large cup to be mixed, of an old cracked bowl mended with pitch, and of a cup of wine.^(TLL)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Diocletian's Price Edict lists it,^(TLL) and an inscription from Pompeii mentions it.^(TLL)

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+ The TLL connects it with Italian ''gamella''.^(TLL)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 106–43 BC – Laberius uses it in a fragment quoted by Gellius.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid uses it of a bowl of milk.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * before 66 AD – Petronius uses it of wine cups and an old bowl.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|cup]] or [[m|en|bowl]] for drinking, a [[m|en|goblet]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[camera]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}