Camaracum

== Latin == === Etymology === Uncertain, but in any case from Gaulish and containing the Latinized suffix -ācus. The first element may be from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em- (“to bend, curve”), cognate to Latin camur (“crooked”) and Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára); compare Norman Old French cambre (“bent”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ka.maˈraː.kũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ka.maˈraː.kum] === Proper noun === Camarācum n sg (genitive Camarācī); second declension a town in Gallia Belgica, now Cambrai ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only. === Further reading === “Camaracum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “Camaracum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly