abamurus
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Medieval Latin abamūrus.
Noun[edit]
abamurus
- (rare) A retaining wall; a wall erected to strengthen another wall.
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From mūrus.
Noun[edit]
abamūrus m (genitive abamūrī); second declension
- (rare) a supporting or retaining wall, added to support another wall
- 1696, Histoire civile ou consulaire de la ville de Lyon / Glossarium mediae et infimae latinitatis:
- Item transpositi sunt abamuri cum Archeriis […]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1696, Histoire civile ou consulaire de la ville de Lyon / Glossarium mediae et infimae latinitatis:
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | abamūrus | abamūrī |
| Genitive | abamūrī | abamūrōrum |
| Dative | abamūrō | abamūrīs |
| Accusative | abamūrum | abamūrōs |
| Ablative | abamūrō | abamūrīs |
| Vocative | abamūre | abamūrī |
References[edit]
- abamurus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
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