mamphur

Latin

Etymology

Perhaps from Oscan, from a Proto-Indo-European root common with Lithuanian mentùris (“cooking beater”), Polish mątew (“beater”) and maybe German Mandel (“quantity of 15”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmam.pʰur/, [ˈmämpʰʊr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmam.fur/, [ˈmämfur]

Noun

mamphur (hapax)

1. bow drill

Declension

• Attested only in Sextus Pompeius Festus, of unknown gender and declension.

Descendants

• Italian: manfano

References

• “mamphur”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• mamphur in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.