ambubaia

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Latin

Etymology

Ultimately from Aramaic (ˀbwb, pipe, reed, flute).

Pronunciation

Noun

ambūbāia f (genitive ambūbāiae); first declension

  1. a Syrian girl in Rome who played the flute and danced

Declension

First-declension noun.

References

  • ambubaia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ambubaia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers