mamphur

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Latin

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Etymology

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Perhaps from Oscan, from a Proto-Indo-European root common with Lithuanian mentùris (cooking beater), Polish mątew (beater) and maybe German Mandel (quantity of 15).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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mamphur (hapax)

  1. bow drill

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Italian: manfano

References

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  • mamphur”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • mamphur in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “mamphur”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 22