κάμηλος

See also: κάμιλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

    Ultimately from Proto-Semitic *gamal-; compare Arabic جَمَل (jamal) and Hebrew גָּמָל (gāmā́l),[1] Proto-Nakh *imkal, Old Georgian აქლემი (aklemi) and Tocharian A oṅkaläm (“elephant”).

    Pronunciation

     

    Noun

    κᾰ́μηλος • (kắmēlos) m or f (genitive κᾰμήλου); second declension

    1. camel

    Declension

    Second declension of ὁ, ἡ κᾰ́μηλος; τοῦ, τῆς κᾰμήλου (Attic)
    Case / # Singular Dual Plural
    Nominative ὁ, ἡ κᾰ́μηλος
    ho, hē kắmēlos     		τὼ κᾰμήλω
    tṑ kămḗlō     		οἱ, αἱ κᾰ́μηλοι
    hoi, hai kắmēloi
    Genitive τοῦ, τῆς κᾰμήλου
    toû, tês kămḗlou     		τοῖν κᾰμήλοιν
    toîn kămḗloin     		τῶν κᾰμήλων
    tôn kămḗlōn
    Dative τῷ, τῇ κᾰμήλῳ
    tōî, tēî kămḗlōi     		τοῖν κᾰμήλοιν
    toîn kămḗloin     		τοῖς, ταῖς κᾰμήλοις
    toîs, taîs kămḗlois
    Accusative τὸν, τὴν κᾰ́μηλον
    tòn, tḕn kắmēlon     		τὼ κᾰμήλω
    tṑ kămḗlō     		τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς κᾰμήλους
    toùs, tā̀s kămḗlous
    Vocative κᾰ́μηλε
    kắmēle     		κᾰμήλω
    kămḗlō     		κᾰ́μηλοι
    kắmēloi
    Notes:
    • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

    Derived terms

    • Βακτριᾱνὸς κάμηλος (Baktriānòs kámēlos)
    • δρομὰς κάμηλος (dromàs kámēlos)
    • καμηλάριος (kamēlários)
    • καμηλασία (kamēlasía)
    • καμηλάσιον (kamēlásion)
    • καμηλάτης (kamēlátēs)
    • καμήλειος (kamḗleios)
    • καμηλέμπορος (kamēlémporos)
    • καμηλίζω (kamēlízō)
    • καμηλικός (kamēlikós)
    • καμήλιον (kamḗlion)
    • καμηλίτης (kamēlítēs)
    • καμηλοβοσκός (kamēloboskós)
    • καμηλοκόμος (kamēlokómos)
    • καμηλοπάρδαλις (kamēlopárdalis)
    • καμηλοπόδιον (kamēlopódion)
    • καμηλοτροφέω (kamēlotrophéō)
    • καμηλοτρόφος (kamēlotróphos)
    • καμηλώδης (kamēlṓdēs)
    • καμηλών (kamēlṓn)

    Descendants

    • → Latin: camēlus (see there for further descendants)
    • → Sanskrit: क्रमेल (kramela)
      • → Bengali: ক্রমেলক (kromelok)
      • → Hindi: क्रमेलक (kramelak)

    References

    1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κάμηλος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 630

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