κάμινος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

κάμινη (káminē)

Etymology

A technical loan of unknown origin. The comparison with καμάρα (kamára, “vaulted chamber”) has little value, while the one with Proto-Slavic *kamy (“stone”) is possible. Note that the suffix "-ῑνος" is typical of Pre-Greek.^[1]

Pronunciation

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

Noun

κάμῑνος • (kámīnos) f (genitive καμῑ́νου); second declension

oven, furnace, kiln
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.179.1, (in a description of Babylon's walls):
  ἑλκύσαντες δὲ πλίνθους ἱκανὰς ὤπτησαν αὐτὰς ἐν καμίνοισι
  helkúsantes dè plínthous hikanàs ṓptēsan autàs en kamínoisi
  1920 translation by A. D. Godley
  and when they had moulded bricks enough, they baked them in ovens
(architecture) flue for warming a room

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ κάμῑνος; τῆς καμῑ́νου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κάμῑνος hē kámīnos	τὼ καμῑ́νω tṑ kamī́nō	αἱ κάμῑνοι hai kámīnoi
Genitive	τῆς καμῑ́νου tês kamī́nou	τοῖν καμῑ́νοιν toîn kamī́noin	τῶν καμῑ́νων tôn kamī́nōn
Dative	τῇ καμῑ́νῳ tēî kamī́nōi	τοῖν καμῑ́νοιν toîn kamī́noin	ταῖς καμῑ́νοις taîs kamī́nois
Accusative	τὴν κάμῑνον tḕn kámīnon	τὼ καμῑ́νω tṑ kamī́nō	τᾱ̀ς καμῑ́νους tā̀s kamī́nous
Vocative	κάμῑνε kámīne	καμῑ́νω kamī́nō	κάμῑνοι kámīnoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

καμιναία (kaminaía)
καμιναῖος (kaminaîos)
καμινεία (kamineía)
καμινεύς (kamineús)
καμινευτήρ (kamineutḗr)
καμινευτής (kamineutḗs)
καμινευτικός (kamineutikós)
καμινεύω (kamineúō)
καμίνιον (kamínion)
καμίνιος (kamínios)
καμινίτης (kaminítēs)
καμινίων (kaminíōn)
καμινογραφία (kaminographía)
καμινοκαύστης (kaminokaústēs)
καμίνω (kamínō)
καμινώδης (kaminṓdēs)

Descendants

Greek: κάμινος (káminos)
- → Romanian: cămin (or via Slavic)
→ Aramaic: קמינא / ܩܡܝܢܐ (qamīnā, qāmēynā), קאמינא / ܩܐܡܝܢܐ (qamīnā, qāmēynā)
- → Arabic: قَمِين (qamīn)
→ Latin: camīnus (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κάμῑνος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 631