Cameria

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Cămĕrĭa, ae, f., = Καμερία,

I a town in Latium , Liv. 1, 38, 4 (in Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 68, and Tac. A. 11, 24, Cămĕrĭum ).—

II Deriv.: Cămĕrīnus , a, um, adj., of Camerinus : municipium, Sid. Ep. 2, 9.— As subst.

1 Cămĕrīni , ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Cameria , Val. Max. 6, 5, n. 1. —

2 Cămĕrīnus , i, m., a cognomen in the very distinguished gens Sulpicia, Liv. 3, 31, 8; 5, 14, 5; 29, 2 al.—Hence, for people of rank in gen., Juv. 7, 90; 8, 38.

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