antemurale
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin antemūrāle (“barbican”).
Noun edit
antemurale m (plural antemurali)
- barbican (or similar fortification)
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
ante- (“before”) + mūrālis (“of or pertaining to a wall”)
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /an.te.muːˈraː.le/, [än̪t̪ɛmuːˈräːɫ̪ɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /an.te.muˈra.le/, [än̪t̪emuˈräːle]
Noun edit
antemūrāle n (genitive antemūrālis); third declension
- protecting wall, an outwork, breastwork, barbican
Declension edit
Third-declension noun (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 edit
Descendants edit
- Italian: antemurale
- Spanish: antemural
References edit
- “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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- antemurale in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- antemurale in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016