abamurus
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.
| 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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