OriginFrom Doric Greek κᾱμός (kāmós), Attic Greek κημός (kēmós, “muzzle, nose-bag; face-mask; a female ornament”).
- declension-2a punishment device, perhaps a kind of collar for the neck
- declension-2a kind of collar for the neck, a necklace or neckband
- Late-Latin, declension-2collar, muzzle or snaffle (as for a horse or an ass)
“Flagellum equō, et cāmus asinō, et virgā in dorsō imprūdentium.
A whip for a horse, and a snaffle for an ass, and a rod for the back of fools.
(Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.: 1752 CE)”
Formscāmus(canonical, masculine) · cāmī(genitive) · cāmus(nominative, singular) · cāmī(nominative, plural) · cāmī(genitive, singular) · cāmōrum(genitive, plural) · cāmō(dative, singular) · cāmīs(dative, plural) · cāmum(accusative, singular) · cāmōs(accusative, plural) · cāmō(ablative, singular) · cāmīs(ablative, plural) · cāme(singular, vocative) · cāmī(plural, vocative)
Source: Wiktionary