amburbium

English

Etymology

From Latin amburbium.

Noun

amburbium (plural amburbia)

1. (historical) An ancient expiatory procession round the city of Rome at which sacrifices were offered.

Related terms

• amburbial

Latin

Etymology

ambi- +‎ urbs +‎ -ium

Noun

amburbium n (genitive amburbiī or amburbī); second declension

1. An expiatory procession round the city of Rome at which sacrifices were offered.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	amburbium	amburbia
Genitive	amburbiī amburbī1	amburbiōrum
Dative	amburbiō	amburbiīs
Accusative	amburbium	amburbia
Ablative	amburbiō	amburbiīs
Vocative	amburbium	amburbia

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

• amburbiālis

References

• “amburbium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• amburbium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “amburbium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “amburbium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin