Maphoritae

From Ancient Greek Μαφορῖται (Maphorîtai).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ma.pʰɔˈriː.tae̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ma.foˈriː.t̪e]

Maphorītae m pl (genitive Maphorītārum); first declension

1. A tribe of Arabia mentioned by Ptolemy

First-declension noun, plural only.

• “Maphoritae”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly