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Meaning of camus | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. a punishment device, perhaps a kind of collar for the neck
    declension-2
  2. a kind of collar for the neck, a necklace or neckband
    declension-2
  3. collar, muzzle or snaffle (as for a horse or an ass)
    Late-Latin, declension-2

Equivalents

English collar

Examples

“Flagellum equō, et cāmus asinō, et virgā in dorsō imprūdentium. A whip for a horse, and a snaffle for an ass, and a rod for the back of fools. (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.: 1752 CE)”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

Cana canaba canabae canabam canabarum canabas

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