mamphur

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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”).^[1]

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmam.pʰur/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmam.fur/,

Noun

mamphur (hapax)

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.

^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “mamphur”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 22

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