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 […]

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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)