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Camillus2

Camillus2 · m

a noble youth employed in the sacrifices of the

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Where it lives

Ab urbe condita, books 6-10 - 6 41 · 30.47/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 1-5 - 5 36 · 22.4/10k
Otho 2 · 12.68/10k
Panegyricus dictus Probino et Olybrio consulibus 1 · 5.88/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 6-10 - 8 7 · 5.41/10k
Divus Claudius 3 · 4.7/10k
Pescennius Niger 1 · 4.39/10k
In Eutropium 3 · 4.18/10k
Culex, Appendix Vergiliana 1 · 3.83/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 6-10 - 7 5 · 3.78/10k
Divus Claudius 1 · 3.37/10k
de bello Gildonico 1 · 3.16/10k

Densest 12 of 59 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. cămillus — Lewis & Short

cămillus (also casmilus; cf. Camena and i, m.with difficulty connected with the Samothracian Kabiren-Hermes, *ka/dmilos and *ka/dmos; cf. Varr. L. L. 7, 3, § 34 Müll., and Macr. S. 3, 8; perh. dim. from root of Camena; cf. carmen,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 34 Müll.),

I a noble youth employed in the sacrifices of the Flamen Dialis, and then, gen., in religious offices, Paul. ex Fest. p. 43 Müll.: hiberno pulvere, verno luto, grandia farra Camille metes, Poët. ib. p. 93. —The same verse is given with the expl., Camillus adulescens est, by Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 101: Romani pueros et puellas nobiles et investes Camillos et Camillas appellant, flaminicarum et flaminum praeministros, Macr. S. 3, 8, 7; repeated by Serv. ad Verg. A. 11, 543; cf. also Paul. ex Fest. p. 63 Müll. s. v. cumeram.—

B = pusillus, small, Quint. 8, 3, 19.—

II camilla, ae, f., a maiden of unblemished birth and character: caelitum camilla, Pac. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 34 Müll. (Trag. Rel. v. 232 Rib.): = administra, since only such maidens were permitted to serve in the sacred rites, v. Varr. l. l.; Macr. S. 3, 8, 7; Serv. ad Verg. A. 11, 543.

2. Cămillus — Lewis & Short

Cămillus, i, m.,

I a cognomen of several persons in the gens Furia; the most distinguished of whom was M. Furius Camillus, who conquered Veii, and freed Rome from the Gauls, Liv. 5, 19, 2 sq.; Cic. Rep. 1, 3, 6.

3. camillus — Walde–Hofmann

camillus, - m., camilla, -ze f. ,edelgeborener unerwachsener Knabe bzw. Mädchen, als Ministranten im Dienst des Flamen Dialis und der Flaminica verwendet“ (s. Wissowa Rel? 496; in der Lit. seit Pacuv.): Zusammenhang mit etr. Camillus * Mercurius, praeminister deorum? nach Stat, Tullianus (aus Kallimachos) bei Macr. 3, 8, 6, Schol. Lycophr. 162 Kadyilog 5 *Epufic év Tuppnvig, Varro ling. 7, 34 Casmtlus nominatur … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. camillus, p. 179]

In the wild

Camillus Livy, Ab urbe condita 1.6.1.8
Camillum Livy, Ab urbe condita, books 6-10 - 6 p8
Camillus Livy, Ab urbe condita, books 6-10 - 7 p26
Camillus Livy, Ab urbe condita 1.7.24.11
Camilli Seneca the Elder, Suasoriae 7.6
Camillus Claudian, In Eutropium 2.20.674

6 of 305 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. camillus (scan p. 114; entry #1613).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. camillus (scan p. 179; entry #530).

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