ambrosia

See also: Ambrosia and ambrosía

English

Etymology

From Latin ambrosia (“food of the gods”), from Ancient Greek ἀμβροσία (ambrosía, “immortality”), from ἄμβροτος (ámbrotos, “immortal”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + βροτός (brotós, “mortal”).

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /æmˈbɹoʊʒə/

Noun

ambrosia (uncountable)

  1. (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) The food of the gods, thought to confer immortality.
  2. Any food with an especially delicious flavour or fragrance.
  3. An annual herb historically used medicinally and in cooking, Dysphania botrys.
  4. A mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and fed to larvae.
  5. A dessert made from shredded coconuts and oranges, sometimes including other ingredients such as marshmallow.

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Translations

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Finnish

Noun

ambrosia

  1. ambrosia

Declension

Inflection of ambrosia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative ambrosia ambrosiat
genitive ambrosian ambrosioiden
ambrosioitten
partitive ambrosiaa ambrosioita
illative ambrosiaan ambrosioihin
singular plural
nominative ambrosia ambrosiat
accusative nom. ambrosia ambrosiat
gen. ambrosian
genitive ambrosian ambrosioiden
ambrosioitten
ambrosiainrare
partitive ambrosiaa ambrosioita
inessive ambrosiassa ambrosioissa
elative ambrosiasta ambrosioista
illative ambrosiaan ambrosioihin
adessive ambrosialla ambrosioilla
ablative ambrosialta ambrosioilta
allative ambrosialle ambrosioille
essive ambrosiana ambrosioina
translative ambrosiaksi ambrosioiksi
instructive — ambrosioin
abessive ambrosiatta ambrosioitta
comitative — ambrosioineen

Italian

Etymology

From Latin ambrosia, borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀμβροσίᾱ (ambrosíā, “immortality”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /amˈbrɔ.zja/
  • Hyphenation: am‧brò‧sia

Noun

ambrosia f (plural ambrosie)

  1. ambrosia (all senses)
  2. (figuratively) honeydew

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀμβροσία (ambrosía, “immortality”), from ἄμβροτος (ámbrotos, “immortal”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /amˈbro.si.a/, [amˈbrɔ.si.a]

Noun

ambrosia f (genitive ambrosiae); first declension

  1. The food of the gods; ambrosia.
  2. The unguent of the gods.
  3. The plant, artemisia, of the genus Artemisia.
  4. An antidote to a poison.

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative ambrosia ambrosiae
genitive ambrosiae ambrosiārum
dative ambrosiae ambrosiīs
accusative ambrosiam ambrosiās
ablative ambrosiā ambrosiīs
vocative ambrosia ambrosiae

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Descendants

References

  • ambrosia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ambrosia in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ambrosia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • ambrosia in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎
  • ambrosia in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ambrosia in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Portuguese

Noun

ambrosia f (plural ambrosias)

  1. (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) ambrosia (food of gods or delicious foods)
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