ἀμβροσία

Ancient Greek

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Etymology 1

Adjective

ἀμβροσῐ́ᾱ • (ambrosĭ́ā)

  1. inflection of ἀμβρόσιος (ambrósios):
    1. feminine nominative/vocative singular
    2. feminine nominative/accusative/vocative dual

Etymology 2

From ἄμβροτος (ámbrotos, “immortal”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, abstract noun suffix). The τ (t) changed to σ (s) by palatalization. Cognate with Sanskrit अमृत (amṛ́ta, “elixir of life, immortality, food and nectar of the gods”). Also see ἄμβροτος (ámbrotos).

Noun

ᾰ̓μβροσῐ́ᾱ • (ămbrosĭ́ā) f (genitive ἀμβροσῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. ambrosia
    Coordinate term: νέκτᾰρ (néktăr)
  2. elixir of life
  3. food, perfume, unguent of the gods
  4. immortality
  5. simulated divine ambrosia used in religious rites
  6. name of some medicines
  7. a festival of Bacchus
Declension
First declension of ἡ ᾰ̓μβροσῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ᾰ̓μβροσῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ᾰ̓μβροσῐ́ᾱ
hē ămbrosĭ́ā 		τὼ ᾰ̓μβροσῐ́ᾱ
tṑ ămbrosĭ́ā 		αἱ ᾰ̓μβροσῐ́αι
hai ămbrosĭ́ai
Genitive τῆς ᾰ̓μβροσῐ́ᾱς
tês ămbrosĭ́ās 		τοῖν ᾰ̓μβροσῐ́αιν
toîn ămbrosĭ́ain 		τῶν ᾰ̓μβροσῐῶν
tôn ămbrosĭôn
Dative τῇ ᾰ̓μβροσῐ́ᾳ
tēî ămbrosĭ́āi 		τοῖν ᾰ̓μβροσῐ́αιν
toîn ămbrosĭ́ain 		ταῖς ᾰ̓μβροσῐ́αις
taîs ămbrosĭ́ais
Accusative τὴν ᾰ̓μβροσῐ́ᾱν
tḕn ămbrosĭ́ān 		τὼ ᾰ̓μβροσῐ́ᾱ
tṑ ămbrosĭ́ā 		τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓μβροσῐ́ᾱς
tā̀s ămbrosĭ́ās
Vocative ᾰ̓μβροσῐ́ᾱ
ămbrosĭ́ā 		ᾰ̓μβροσῐ́ᾱ
ămbrosĭ́ā 		ᾰ̓μβροσῐ́αι
ămbrosĭ́ai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
Descendants
  • → Greek: αμβροσία f (amvrosía) (learned)
  • → Latin: ambrosia
  • Russian: амбро́зия f (ambrózija)

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