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καμάρᾱ

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: καμάρᾱ καμάρας

Structure: καμαρ (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Sense

  1. Anything with an arched cover such as a covered carriage or boat, a vaulted chamber, or a vault.

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ὁ κατέχων τὸν γῦρον τῆσ γῆσ, καὶ οἱ ἐνοικοῦντεσ ἐν αὐτῇ ὡσ ἀκρίδεσ, ὁ στήσασ ὡσ καμάραν τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ διατείνασ ὡσ σκηνὴν κατοικεῖν, (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 40:22)
  • εἰσ καμάραν τοῦ φόρου πρὸσ τὴν δύσιν Μηνᾶσ χρύσεον ἔργον ἐδείματο πᾶσιν ὁδίταισ, κυδαίνων πτολίεθρον ἐριχρύσων βασιλήων. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 7851)
  • καὶ εἰσ τὴν καμάραν εἰσελθόντα κατακεῖσθαι διαμυθολογοῦντα πρὸσ Μήδιον· (Arrian, Anabasis, book 7, chapter 25 3:3)
  • κομισθέντα δὲ αὖθισ ἐσ τὴν καμάραν πυρέσσειν ἤδη ξυνεχῶσ τὴν νύκτα ὅλην· (Arrian, Anabasis, book 7, chapter 25 4:1)
  • τὸ δ’ ἐκδεχόμενον τὴν καμάραν περίστυλον χρυσοῦν ὑπῆρχεν, ἔχον Ιὠνικὰ κιονόκρανα. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, Books XVIII-XX, book 18, chapter 26 6:3)

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