Latin edit

Etymology edit

Ultimately from Aramaic [script needed] (ˀbwb, pipe, reed, flute).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ambūbāia f (genitive ambūbāiae); first declension

  1. a Syrian girl in Rome who played the flute and danced

Declension edit

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ambūbāia ambūbāiae
Genitive ambūbāiae ambūbāiārum
Dative ambūbāiae ambūbāiīs
Accusative ambūbāiam ambūbāiās
Ablative ambūbāiā ambūbāiīs
Vocative ambūbāia ambūbāiae

References edit

  • ambubaia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ambubaia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers