LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

caphūra

caphūra f (genitive caphūrae)
Classical[kaˈpʰuː.ra]Ecclesiastical[kaˈfuː.ra]

Meaning

  1. New Latincamphor tree (Cinnamomum camphora)
    Caphura (ut Aetius posteritatis memoriae prodidit) arbor in India tanta magnitudine uisitur, ut sub eius umbra hominum centuriae condi possint.1536, Jean Ruel, chapter 26, in De Natura Stirpium, page 102:
    Est vero caphura nobile medicamentum (cuius nec Galenus, nec quisquam veterum Graecorum meminit, praeter Aetium e recentioribus, tametsi Serapionis vulgata exemplaria Dioscoridis auctoritatem citent, falso tamen) duorum generum, caphura videlicet de Burneo, & quae ex Sina advehitur.1601, Carolus Clusius, chapter 9, in Rariorum Plantarum Historia, page 161:

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecaphūracaphūrae
genitivecaphūraecaphūrārum
dativecaphūraecaphūrīs
accusativecaphūramcaphūrās
ablativecaphūrācaphūrīs
vocativecaphūracaphūrae

Origins

  1. Proto-Austronesian*qapuʀ
  2. Latincaphūra

Austronesianbor. Middle Persian 𐭪𐭠𐭯𐭥𐭫 (kʾpʿl /⁠kāpūr⁠/)bor.? Arabic كَافُور (kāfūr)bor. Koine Greek καφουρά (kaphourá)bor. Latin caphura Borrowed from Koine Greek καφουρά (kaphourá), borrowed from Arabic كَافُور (kāfūr), possibly borrowed from Middle Persian 𐭪𐭠𐭯𐭥𐭫 (kʾpʿl /⁠kāpūr⁠/), borrowed from an Austronesian language, from Proto-Austronesian *qapuʀ.

In English words that came into English from caphūra

  • camphorcamphora

Quick answers

What does caphūra mean in Latin?
caphūra, a noun, means “camphor tree (Cinnamomum camphora)”.
What is the genitive of caphūra?
The genitive singular is caphūrae. caphūra is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce caphūra?
In classical Latin, [kaˈpʰuː.ra]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [kaˈfuː.ra].
Where does caphūra come from?
Proto-Austronesian *qapuʀ → Latin caphūra.