ambactus

Latin

Alternative forms

ambaxtus

Etymology

From Gaulish ambaxtos (“vassal, high-ranking servant”), from Proto-Celtic *ambaxtos (“servant”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂mbʰi-h₂eǵ- (“drive around”), from *h₂mbʰi- (“around”) + *h₂eǵ- (“to drive”). See Latin ambigō.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /amˈbak.tus/, [amˈbak.tʊs]

Noun

ambactus m (genitive ambactī); second declension

a vassal, dependent; servant, retainer

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ambactus	ambactī
genitive	ambactī	ambactōrum
dative	ambactō	ambactīs
accusative	ambactum	ambactōs
ablative	ambactō	ambactīs
vocative	ambacte	ambactī

Derived terms

ambactia

Descendants

Danish: ambassade
Dutch: ambassade
English: ambassador

French: ambacte, ambassade
Norwegian: ambassade

References

ambactus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ambactus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
ambactus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
ambactus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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