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antemurale
antemurale
Latin
Etymology
ante- (“before”) + mūrālis (“of or pertaining to a wall”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /an.te.muːˈraː.le/, [an.tɛ.muːˈraː.ɫɛ]
Noun
antemūrāle n (genitive antemūrālis); third declension
- protecting wall, an outwork, breastwork, barbican
Declension
Third declension neuter “pure” i-stem.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | antemūrāle | antemūrālia |
| genitive | antemūrālis | antemūrālium |
| dative | antemūrālī | antemūrālibus |
| accusative | antemūrāle | antemūrālia |
| ablative | antemūrālī | antemūrālibus |
| vocative | antemūrāle | antemūrālia |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Italian: antemurale
References
- antemurale in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ANTEMURALE in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “antemurale”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- antemurale in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016