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Timeline for Plural of "camera obscura"

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Jun 15, 2020 at 7:40 history edited CommunityBot
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Jun 2, 2015 at 10:18 comment added Chris H I've accepted your conclusion, though it wasn't the body of your answer that finally convinced me. OED 1st ed from archive.org doesn't give a plural but does have a citation for "Camera obscuras" from 1796. I'd given up on the 200+MB pdf but tried again.
Jun 2, 2015 at 10:16 vote accept Chris H
Jun 2, 2015 at 9:44 comment added Yohann V. @ChrisH The term is based on the Latin camera, "(vaulted) chamber or room", and obscura, "darkened" (plural: camerae obscurae). This is Latin as you said. It is not the usage in English. (The other mention is by a french, in a french museum.) Do as you want, but I find wiki totally fine.
Jun 2, 2015 at 9:39 comment added Chris H Wikipedia uses both "camera obscuras" and "camerae obscurae". I like the second, I trust neither.
Jun 2, 2015 at 9:32 comment added Yohann V. @ChrisH wiktionary or wikipedia? If you can read, hebrew article is nice
Jun 2, 2015 at 9:27 comment added Chris H You've found a few more sources, but note that the wikipedia article is inconsistent.
Jun 2, 2015 at 9:14 history edited Yohann V. CC BY-SA 3.0
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Jun 2, 2015 at 9:10 comment added Yohann V. @ChrisH Edited my answer.
Jun 2, 2015 at 9:04 comment added Chris H I was editing this into the question at the same time as you were writing your answer -- it copies the unconvincing definition only given in one relatively minor source.
Jun 2, 2015 at 8:54 history answered Yohann V. CC BY-SA 3.0