The corpus record — Latin

camus

camus · m

A muzzle

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Where it lives

De Tranquillitate Animi 1 · 1.32/10k
Adelphi 1 · 1.01/10k

What it meant

1. cāmus — Lewis & Short

cāmus, i, m., = khmo/s (Dor. kamo/s).

I A muzzle for horses (only in eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Psa. 31, 9; Ambros. Hex. 6, 3.—*

II Perh. a kind of collar for the neck, Non. p. 200, 16 (Trag. Rel. v. 302 Rib.).

†† cana, Gr. (*ka/neon, plur.ka/nea ka/nh, a wicker basket) for canistra, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 45 Müll.

2. camus — Walde–Hofmann

camus, - m. „Maulkorh, Beißkorb* eit Acc, bzw. Itala, rom.): aus gr. xnuög bzw. *kópóg m. ,Maulkorb, eflochtener Deckel der Stimmurne, Fischreuse*. — Walde-P. 1 388, Meringer WuS. 5, 144 ff. 177. — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. camus, p. 182]

In the wild

camus Terence, Adelphi 4.3
camus Seneca, De Tranquillitate Animi 9.9.2

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. camus (scan p. 115; entry #1632).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. camus (scan p. 182; entry #539).

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