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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀμβρόσιος (ambrósios, “ambrosial, divine”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
ambrosius (feminine ambrosia, neuter ambrosium); first/second-declension adjective
- Ambrosial, divine, immortal.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Synonyms
References
- “ambrosius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ambrosius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ambrosius in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- ambrosius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “ambrosius”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ambrosius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
Middle Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Ambrosius.
Noun
ambrosius m
- Aurelius Ambrosius
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
- “ambrosius”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000