noun · neutersecond declension
camum
camum n (genitive camī)
Meaning
- Late Latinneuterrarebarley-beer
Certe zythum quod in quibusdam provinciis ex tritico vel ex hordeo vel ex pane conficitur [vini appellatione] non continebitur simili modo nec camum nec cervesia continebitur nec hydromeli.
Of course zythum — which is made in certain provinces from wheat, barley, or bread — will not fall under the designation of 'wine'; likewise camum, cervesia, and hydromeli will not either.c. 211 CE – 217 CE, Ulpian, Libri ad Sabinum XXIII (quoted from Justinian's Digest)cervesiae <sive> cami
...of wheat-beer [or] of barley-beer...301 CE, Edict of Diocletian II.11
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | camum | cama |
| genitive | camī | camōrum |
| dative | camō | camīs |
| accusative | camum | cama |
| ablative | camō | camīs |
| vocative | camum | cama |
camum, i, n.,
I. a kind of beer, Dig. 33, 7, 12; Edict. Diocl. p. 28.
Origins
Uncertain; seemingly of non-Latin Proto-Indo-European origin. Perhaps in some way related to Proto-Celtic *kurmi (“beer”). Cited in Greek sources as a drink characteristic of the Paeonians and of the savages north of the Danube. See κάμον for quotations.
Descendants
- Ancient Greekκάμον