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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Μαφορῖται (Maphorîtai).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Maphorītae m pl (genitive Maphorītārum); first declension
- A tribe of Arabia mentioned by Ptolemy
Declension
First-declension noun, plural only.
References
- “Maphoritae”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly