noun · masculinesecond declension
camīnus
camīnus m (genitive camīnī)
Classical[kaˈmiː.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[kaˈmiː.nus]
Meaning
- fireplace
- furnace, forge
- poeticVulcan's forge
- figurativelyfire
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
locus ignis, fornāx fabrōrumcamīnus -ī (m) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 14
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | camīnus | camīnī |
| genitive | camīnī | camīnōrum |
| dative | camīnō | camīnīs |
| accusative | camīnum | camīnōs |
| ablative | camīnō | camīnīs |
| vocative | camīne | camīnī |
cămīnus, i, m., = ἡ κάμινος [Germ. Kamin; Fr. chemine/e; Engl. chimney],
I. a furnace.
I. A smelting-furnace for the working of metals, a forge, Ov. M. 7, 106; Pers. 5, 10; Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 69; 35, 6, 16, § 35:
crescunt (patrimonia) incude assiduā semperque ardente camino, i. e., by incessant labor, Juv. 14, 118.—B. Poet., the forge or smithy of Vulcan and the Cyclopes, under Ætna, Verg. A. 3, 580; 6, 630; 8, 418; Ov. F. 4, 473; Plin. 2, 106, 110, § 237.—
II. A furnace for heating an apartment, Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 19; Suet. Vit. 8.—Hence,
B. Meton. = ignis, fire:
camino luculento uti, Cic. Fam. 7, 10, 2; Hor. S. 1, 5, 81; Sen. Thyest. 766.—C. Prov.:
oleum addere camino, to pour oil upon the fire, to aggravate an evil, Hor. S. 2, 3, 321. Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
camīnus ī, m
, κάμινος, a furnace, smeltingfurnace, forge: pleni, O.: semper ardens, Iu.— Poet., the forge of Vulcan under Aetna, V.—A furnace for heating an apartment, H.—Fire: camino luculento uti: ramos urente camino, H.— Prov.: oleum addere camino, i. e. to aggravate the evil, H.
Origins
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κάμῑνος (kámīnos).
Italo-Romance
- Italiancamino
- Corsicancaminu
- Siciliancaminu
Unsorted borrowings
- GermanKaminfrom Old High German kemîn
- Czechkamna
- Danishkamin
- Hebrewקמין
- Cimbriankhémmingfrom Old High German kemîn
- Yiddishקאַמיןfrom Old High German kemîn
- Finnishkamiinafrom Swedish kamin
- Lithuaniankaminas
Dalmatian
- unknowncamain
North Italian
- Friuliancjamin
- Istriotcameîn
- Liguriancamìn
- Romanshchamin
- Romanshtgamin
- Venetancamin
Gallo-Romance
- Franco-Provençalchumin
- Franco-Provençalchemin
- Franco-Provençalchemeu
- Old Occitancamin
In English words that came into English from camīnus
- chimneycamīnāta