ampelos

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄμπελος (ámpelos, “vine”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈam.pɛ.ɫɔs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈam.pe.los]

Noun

ampelos f (genitive ampelī); second declension

1. a vine
   1. a grapevine, Vitis vinifera

Declension

Second-declension noun (Greek-type).

	singular	plural
nominative	ampelos	ampelī ampeloe
genitive	ampelī	ampelōrum
dative	ampelō	ampelīs
accusative	ampelon	ampelōs
ablative	ampelō	ampelīs
vocative	ampele	ampelī ampeloe

Derived terms

• ampelos agria (in Pliny's Natural History)
• ampelos Chironia, ampelos chironia (in Pliny's Natural History)
• ampelos leuce (in Pliny's Natural History)

Descendants

• Translingual: Ampelopsis, Ampelocissus, Ampelocalamus, Ampelodesmos, Ampelophaga, Ampelosicyos

References

• “ampelos”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ampelos in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “ampelos”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly