κάμηλος [ᾰ], ὁ
and ἡ (as in [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1563)] Refs 5th c.BC+], camel, Camelus bactrianus and C. dromedarius [[compare (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 499a13), 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 285, etc.] Refs 4th c.BC+]; τοὺς ἔρσενας τῶν κ. [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.105 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. ἀμνός a camel-lamb, i.e. young camel, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1559 (Lyric poetry); κ. δρομάς 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alexander” 31: proverbial, κάμηλον καταπίνειν NT.Matt.23.24 ] NT+5th c.BC+]; compare κάμιλος.
__2 ἡ κ. camelry, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.80 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]. (Semitic word, cf. Hebrew gāmāl.)