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κάμμαρος

From LSJ

Χαίρειν ἐπ' αἰσχροῖς οὐδέποτε χρὴ πράγμασιν → Non decet in rebus esse laetum turpibus → In schlimmer Not ist Freude niemals angebracht

Menander, Monostichoi, 544
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Full diacritics: κᾰ́μμᾰρος Medium diacritics: κάμμαρος Low diacritics: κάμμαρος Capitals: ΚΑΜΜΑΡΟΣ
Transliteration A: kámmaros Transliteration B: kammaros Transliteration C: kammaros Beta Code: ka/mmaros

English (LSJ)

ὁ, a kind of
A lobster, Epich.60, Sophr.26, Rhinth.18:—also καμμαρίς, ίδος, ἡ, Gal.6.735.
II a kind of aconite, used as a cooling medicine, Hp.Loc.Hom.27, Stratt.21, Dsc.4.76, Nic.Al.41; also, = δελφίνιον, Ps.-Dsc.3.73; = μανδραγόρας ἄρρεν, Id.4.75. (Meaning and spelling are dub. in Hp., cf. Erot. s.v.: κάμαρος and κάμμορον were variants, the latter is v.l. in Dsc. l.c., cf. Sch.Nic. l.c.)

German (Pape)

[Seite 1317] ὁ, auch κάμαρος u. κάμμορος geschrieben, eine Krebsart (vgl. cammarus, Hummer), Ath. VII, 306 c.

Dutch (Woordenboekgrieks.nl)

κάμμαρος -ου, ὁ monnikskap (plant).

Spanish

langosta

Greek Monolingual

κάμμαρος και κόμμαρος και κόμμορος
ὁ (Α)
είδος μεγάλης γαρίδας, αστακού
2. κάμαρος.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < IE kәmr- > καμαρ- > κάμμαρ-ος (με εκφραστικό διπλασιασμό)
πρβλ. νορβ. cammore, αρχ. άνω γερμ. Hummer «αστακός». Ο μακεδονικός τ. κόμ(μ)αρος με τροπή του α σε ο. Ο τ. κόμμορος είναι μεταγενέστερο παρατυμολογικό προϊόν. Τη λ. δανείστηκε η λατ. με τη μορφή cammarus. (Για τη λ. με τη δεύτερη σημ. βλ. κάμαρος)].

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

κάμμᾰρος: ὁ, εἶδος καρίδος, Ἐπιχαρμος καὶ Σώφρων παρ’ Ἀθην. 306C· παρὰ Γαλην. 6. 735, καμμαρίς, ίδος, ἡ· ἐν τῇ Λατ. cammarus, gammarus· ὁ Ἡσύχ. ἔχει: «καμμάρως (Δωρ.)· τὰς ἐρυθρὰς καρίδας»· περιγράφονται δὲ ὡς ἐρυθραὶ καὶ λειοστρακιῶσαι ὑπὸ Σώφρονος 52 Ahr. II. εἶδος ἀκοντίου, Ἱππ. 418. 24, Διοσκ. 4. 77 (ἐν τοῖς νόθοις)). -Ἐν τοῖς Ἀντιγράφοις συχνάκις φέρεται: κάμμορος.

Frisk Etymological English

1.
Grammatical information: m.
Meaning: kind of crab (Epich., Sophr., Rhinth., H.; on the meaning cf. Thompson Fishes s. v.), καμμαρίς id. (Gal.); .
Other forms: κομμάραι η κομάραι καρίδες. Μακεδόνες H
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]
Etymology: - Identified with ONord. humarr, LG. NHG Hummer, (Kretschmer Glotta 22, 103f.: a loan from there?). (Skt. kamáṭha- m. turle is not related, s. Mayrhofer KEWA s. v.). - From κάμμαρος Lat. cammarus. - The variation α/ο points to a Pre-Greek word (which may be a loan from elsewhere).
2. See also: s. κάμαρος.

Frisk Etymology German

κάμμαρος: 1.
{kámmaros}
Forms: καμμαρίς ib. (Gal.); κομμάραι ἢ κομάραι· καρίδες. Μακεδόνες H.
Grammar: m.
Meaning: Art Krebs (Epich., Sophr., Rhinth., H.; zur Bed. vgl. Thompson Fishes s. v.),
Etymology: Offenbar mit anord. humarr, nd. nhd. Hummer identisch, vielleicht daraus entlehnt (Kretschmer Glotta 22, 103f.). Aind. kamáṭha- m. Schildkröte ist dagegen wahrscheinlich fernzuhalten (s. Mayrhofer Wb. s. v.). — Aus κάμμαρος lat. cammarus.
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2.
{kámmaros}
Meaning: N. einer Giftpflanze
See also: s. κάμαρος.
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Léxico de magia

langosta ὥρᾳ ἑβδόμῃ μορφὴν ἔχεις καμμάρου en la octava hora tienes forma de langosta (ref. al sol según las horas) P III 517

Translations

Abenaki: sôga; Afrikaans: kreef; Albanian: karavidhe, gaforre; Arabic: كَرْكَنْد‎; Armenian: օմար; Assamese: ডাঙৰ মিছামাছ; Asturian: llocántaru; Azerbaijani: xərçəng, omar; Basque: otarraina; Belarusian: амар; Bengali: গলদা; Bonggi: kulakng; Breton: legestr; Bulgarian: омар; Burmese: ပုဇွန်ထုတ်ကြီး; Catalan: llagosta, llamàntol, escamarlà; Cebuano: banagan; Chinese Cantonese: 龍蝦, 龙虾; Mandarin: 龍蝦, 龙虾; Wu: 龍蝦, 龙虾; Cornish: legest; Corsican: gàmbaru; Czech: humr; Danish: hummer; Dhivehi: އިހި‎; Dupaningan Agta: lobugen; Dutch: zeekreeft, kreeft, hommer; Esperanto: omaro; Estonian: homaar; Faroese: hummari; Finnish: hummeri; French: homard; Galician: lumbrigante, lubrigante, lagosta; Georgian: ასთაკვი, კიბო, ლობსტერი; German: Hummer; Greek: αστακός; Ancient Greek: ἀστακός, κάμμαρος, καμμαρίς; Guaraní: tuku; Haitian Creole: oma; Hawaiian: ula; Hebrew: סַרְטַן־יָם‎; Hiligaynon: karitot, kiritot, lukon; Hindi: झींगा मछली, लॉब्स्टर; Hungarian: homár; Icelandic: humar; Ido: homardo; Indonesian: udang laut, lobster; Interlingua: homaro; Irish: gliomach; Italian: astice, aragosta, gambero di mare, lupicante; Japanese: 伊勢海老, イセエビ, ロブスター; Kazakh: омар; Khmer: បង្កងសមុទ្រ, បង្កងសៅទាវ; Korean: 가재, 바닷가재; Kyrgyz: омар; Lao: ກຸ້ງໃຫຍ່, ໂກ່ມ; Latin: cammarus, astacus; Latvian: omārs; Lithuanian: omaras; Luxembourgish: Homard, Hummer; Macedonian: јастог; Malay: udang kara; Maltese: awwista; Manx: gimmagh; Maranao: odang; Mi'kmaq: jagej anim; Middle English: loppestere; Navajo: tónteel chʼoshtsoh bíláshgaantsohí; Norman: honmard; Northern Norwegian Bokmål: hummer; Occitan: ligombau; Persian: خرچنگ دریایی‎, روبیان‎; Plautdietsch: Humma; Polish: homar; Portuguese: lagosta; Romanian: homar; Russian: омар, лобстер; Scots: lapster; Scottish Gaelic: giomach; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: ја̏стог, хла̑п; Roman: jȁstog, hlȃp; Slovak: morský rak; Slovene: jástog; Somali: argoosto, xayawaan; Spanish: langosta, bogavante; Swedish: hummer; Tagalog: ulang; Tajik: харчанги баҳрӣ; Thai: กุ้งมังกร, ล็อบสเตอร์; Tongan: uo; Turkish: ıstakoz; Turkmen: omar; Ukrainian: омар; Urdu: لابسٹر‎; Uyghur: چوڭ راك‎; Uzbek: omar; Vietnamese: tôm hùm, tôm rồng; Volapük: humar; Waray-Waray: banagan; Welsh: cimwch, cimychiaid; West Zhuang: duzlungzyah