caphura

Latin

Alternative forms

camphora

Etymology

Borrowed from Koine Greek καφουρά (kaphourá), of Austronesian origin.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /kaˈpʰuː.ra/, [käˈpʰuːrä]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kaˈfu.ra/, [käˈfuːrä]

Noun

caphūra f (genitive caphūrae); first declension

(Renaissance Latin, New Latin) camphor tree (Cinnamomum camphora)
- 1536, Jean Ruel, chapter 26, in De Natura Stirpium‎, page 102:
  Caphura (ut Aetius posteritatis memoriae prodidit) arbor in India tanta magnitudine uisitur, ut sub eius umbra hominum centuriae condi possint.
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- 1601, Carolus Clusius, chapter 9, in Rariorum Plantarum Historia‎, page 161:
  Est vero caphura nobile medicamentum (cuius nec Galenus, nec quisquam veterum Graecorum meminit, praeter Aetium e recentioribus, tametsi Serapionis vulgata exemplaria Dioscoridis auctoritatem citent, falso tamen) duorum generum, caphura videlicet de Burneo, & quae ex Sina advehitur.
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- 1697, Friedrich Cronberg, Dissertatio inauguralis medica, de caphura‎, page 8:
  Et hoc modo caphura colligitur ex arbore Borneensi, cuius maturitatem Incolae explorare solent auribus sub solis ortum trunco admotis, […]
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Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	caphūra	caphūrae
Genitive	caphūrae	caphūrārum
Dative	caphūrae	caphūrīs
Accusative	caphūram	caphūrās
Ablative	caphūrā	caphūrīs
Vocative	caphūra	caphūrae

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