abamurus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin abamūrus.

Noun

abamurus

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

Latin

Etymology

From mūrus.

Noun

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 […]
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Declension

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

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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