cămĕra (in MSS. and editt. also că-măra; cf. Charis. p 43 P.), ae, f., = καμάρα [cf. κάμπτω = to bend, curve; Ital. camera; Germ. Kammer; Fr. chambre; Engl. chamber],
I a vault , an arched roof , an arch , Varr. R. R. 3, 7, 3; 3, 8, 1; Lucr. Fragm. ap. Charis. l. l.; Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 1, § 1; Sall. C. 55, 4; Prop. 3 (4), 2, 10; Varr. R. R. 1, 59, 2; 3, 7, 3; Col. 4, 17, 8; 11, 3, 60: camera vitrea, covered with glass , Plin. 36, 25, 64, § 189.—In ships, Suet. Ner. 34; cf. upon the manner of building them, Vitr. 7, 3: camerae caelum, the interior of a vault or arch , id. ib.—
II Transf., a flat ship with an arched covering , used by those dwelling on the Black Sea , Tac. H. 3, 47; Gell. 10, 25, 5.