noun · femininefirst declension
Camēna
Camēna f sg (genitive Camēnae)
Classical[kaˈmeː.na]Ecclesiastical[kaˈmɛː.na]
Meaning
- a water-nymph of the Romans (e.g. Egeria)
lūcus erat, quem medium ex opācō specū fōns perennī rigābat aquā. quō quia sē persaepe Numa sine arbitrīs velut ad congressum deae inferēbat, Camēnīs eum lūcum sacrāvit, quod eārum ibi concilia cum conjuge suā Ēgeriā essent.
27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita 1.21.3 - a muse
Virum mihi, Camēna, īnsece versūtum.
Tell me about a versatile man, Muse.c. 284 BCE – c. 204 BCE, Livius Andronicus, Odusia 1.1
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Camēna | Camēnae |
| genitive | Camēnae | Camēnārum |
| dative | Camēnae | Camēnīs |
| accusative | Camēnam | Camēnās |
| ablative | Camēnā | Camēnīs |
| vocative | Camēna | Camēnae |
Cămēna (not Cămoena), ae, f. (old form Casmēna, acc. to Varr. L. L. 7, § 27 Müll.; Paul. ex Fest. s. v. dusmoso, p. 67 ib., and pesnis, p. 205 ib.) [root kas-, sing, whence carmen], pure Lat. (perh. Ital.) name of the Gr. Μοῦσα,
I. a Muse (freq. in Hor., not in Lucr.), Liv. And. ap. Gell. 18, 9, 5:
acceptus novem Camenis, Hor. C. S. 62: amant alterna Camenae, Verg. E. 3, 59 (cf. id. ib. 7, 19); Hor. C. 3, 4, 21; id. S. 1, 10, 45, id. Ep. 1, 19, 5, id. A. P 275; Prop. 3 (4), 10, 1; Ov M. 14, 434; 15, 482; Plin. H.N praef. § 1; Pers. 5, 21 al.: Graiae, Hor. C. 2, 16, 38; Col. 2, 2, 7.—Numa devoted a grove to the Muses in the vicinity of Rome before the Porta Capena, Liv. 1, 21, 3; Vitr 8, 3, 1.—They had also, probably in the same place, a temple, Plin. 34, 5, 10, § 19.—B. Meton., poetry, a poem, song:
summā dicende Camenā, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 1; id. C. 1, 12, 39; 4, 9, 8; Ov. P 4, 13, 33; Tib. 4, 1, 24; 4, 1, 191; 4, 7, 3.—II. Deriv: Cămēnālis, e, adj., of or relating to the Muses (post-class.):
Hippocrene, Avien. Phaen. Arat. 495. modi, Sid. Ep. 3, 3: familia, Symm. Ep. 1, 53.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
Camēna ae, f
1 CAS-, a Muse: acceptus novem Camenis, H.: amant alterna Camenae, V.: Daunia, Apulian, i. e. of Horace, H.: veteres, O.: Mirabar, quidnam mane misissent Camenae, Pr.: Camenis lucum sacravit (Numa), L.—Meton., poetry, a poem, song: summā dicende Camenā, H.: patriā scripta Camenā, O.: meae, Tb.
Origins
Older form in Casmēna. Traditionally associated with carmen (“chant, song, poem”).
Descendants
- FrenchCamène
- GermanKamene