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Pronunciation
Noun
ambro (uncountable, accusative ambron)
- ambergris (substance derived from the sperm whale, used in perfumes)
- Lydia Zamenhof (translator), Quo Vadis by Henryk Sienkiewicz, Part 1, Chapter 1,
- Mi hejtigas mian hypocaustum per cedra ligno, surŝutita de ambro, ĉar mi preferas en la vivo belajn odorojn ol malbelajn.
- I shall give command to burn in my hypocaustum, cedar-wood sprinkled with ambergris, for during life I prefer perfumes to stenches. (Jeremiah Curtin translation)
Latin
Etymology
This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. from a tribe's name Ambrones? not related to Spanish hambron
Pronunciation
Noun
ambro m (genitive ambronis); third declension
- (Medieval Latin) a glutton, one who eats much or too much.
- (Medieval Latin, figuratively) an excessively ferocious or barbarous human being.
12th century, Geoffrey of Monmouth,
De Gestis Britonum V.394-395:
- Quod cum abnegauissent puellae, irruerunt in eas ambrones maximamque partem sine mora trucidaverunt.
- When the maiden had refused, these ferocious men immediately rushed in and killed a great part of them.
Declension
Third-declension noun.