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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄμπελος (ámpelos, “vine”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ampelos f (genitive ampelī); second declension
- a vine
- a grapevine, Vitis vinifera
Declension
Second-declension noun (Greek-type).
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “ampelos”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ampelos in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “ampelos”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly