2. Small boats.
Small boats used in early times by the
[p. 1.350]people
who inhabited the shores of the Euxine and the Bosporus, and called
καμάραι from their having a broad
arched deck. They were made with both ends alike, so as to work in
either direction without turning; and were put together without iron.
They continued in use until the age of Tacitus, by whom their
construction and uses are described. (
Strab.
xi. p.495; Eustath.
ad Dionys. Perieg. 700;
Aul.
Gel. 10.25;
Tac. Hist. 3.47.) For other uses of the word, see the
Lexicons.
