abamurus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin abamūrus.

Noun

abamurus

  1. (rare) A retaining wall; a wall erected to strengthen another wall.

Latin

Etymology

From mūrus.

Noun

abamūrus m (genitive abamūrī); second declension

  1. (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)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative abamūrus abamūrī
genitive abamūrī abamūrōrum
dative abamūrō abamūrīs
accusative abamūrum abamūrōs
ablative abamūrō abamūrīs
vocative abamūre abamūrī

References

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.