ambactus
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Gaulish ambaxtos (“vassal, high-ranking servant”), from Proto-Celtic *ambaxtos (“servant”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂mbʰi-h₂eǵ- (“drive around”), from *h₂m̥bʰi (“around”) + *h₂eǵ- (“to drive”). See Latin ambigō.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /amˈbak.tus/, [ämˈbäkt̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /amˈbak.tus/, [ämˈbäkt̪us]
Noun edit
ambactus m (genitive ambactī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ambactus | ambactī |
| Genitive | ambactī | ambactōrum |
| Dative | ambactō | ambactīs |
| Accusative | ambactum | ambactōs |
| Ablative | ambactō | ambactīs |
| Vocative | ambacte | ambactī |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Danish: ambassade
- Dutch: ambassade
- English: ambassador
- French: ambacte, ambassade
- Italian: ambasciata, ambasciatore
- Norwegian: ambassade
- Portuguese: embaixada, embaixador
- Romanian: ambasadă, ambasador
- Spanish: embajada, embajador
References edit
- “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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- ambactus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.