ambrosiacus

Latin

Etymology

From ambrosia (“food of the gods”), from Ancient Greek ἀμβροσία (ambrosía, “of the gods”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /am.broˈsi.a.kus/, [ämbrɔˈs̠iäkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /am.broˈsi.a.kus/, [ämbroˈs̬iːäkus]

Adjective

ambrosiacus (feminine ambrosiaca, neuter ambrosiacum); first/second-declension adjective

1. ambrosial

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ambrosiacus	ambrosiaca	ambrosiacum		ambrosiacī	ambrosiacae	ambrosiaca
Genitive	ambrosiacī	ambrosiacae	ambrosiacī		ambrosiacōrum	ambrosiacārum	ambrosiacōrum
Dative	ambrosiacō		ambrosiacō		ambrosiacīs
Accusative	ambrosiacum	ambrosiacam	ambrosiacum		ambrosiacōs	ambrosiacās	ambrosiaca
Ablative	ambrosiacō	ambrosiacā	ambrosiacō		ambrosiacīs
Vocative	ambrosiace	ambrosiaca	ambrosiacum		ambrosiacī	ambrosiacae	ambrosiaca

Synonyms

• (ambrosial): ambrosius

Related terms

• ambrosia
• ambrosius

References

• “ambrosiacus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ambrosiacus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.