Arthure

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈar.tʰu.re/, [ˈärt̪ʰʊrɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈar.tu.re/, [ˈärt̪ure]

Proper noun

Arthure

1. vocative singular of Arthurus

Middle English

Alternative forms

• Arthur, Arthour

Etymology

From Medieval Latin Arthurus.

Proper noun

Arthure

1. Arthur
   • 1470–1483 (date produced), Thom̃s Malleorre [i.e., Thomas Malory], “[The Tale of King Arthur]”, in Le Morte Darthur (British Library Additional Manuscript 59678), [England: s.n.], folio 35, recto, lines 11–16:

     ye ſeyde kyng Arthure I love Gwenyvere the kyngꝭ doughtir of lodegrean of þ^e londe of Camelerde the whyche holdyth In his houſe the table rounde that ye tolde me he had hit of my fadir Vther · And this dameſell is the moſte valyaunte and fayryſt that I know lyvyng, or yet that eu[er] I coude fynde

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Descendants

• English: Arthur