ἀμβροσία

Ancient Greek

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Etymology 1

Adjective

ἀμβροσῐ́ᾱ • (ambrosĭ́ā)

  1. inflection of ἀμβρόσιος (ambrósios):
    1. feminine nominative/vocative singular
    2. feminine nominative/accusative/vocative dual

Etymology 2

From ἄμβροτος (ámbrotos, “immortal”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, abstract noun suffix). The τ (t) changed to σ (s) by palatalization. Cognate with Sanskrit अमृत (amṛ́ta, “elixir of life, immortality, food and nectar of the gods”). Also see ἄμβροτος (ámbrotos).

Noun

ἀμβροσῐ́ᾱ • (ambrosĭ́ā) f (genitive ἀμβροσῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. ambrosia
  2. elixir of life
  3. food, perfume, unguent of the gods
  4. immortality
  5. simulated divine ambrosia used in religious rites
  6. name of some medicines
  7. a festival of Bacchus
Declension
First declension of ἡ ἀμβροσῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ἀμβροσῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ἀμβροσῐ́ᾱ
hē ambrosĭ́ā 		τὼ ἀμβροσῐ́ᾱ
tṑ ambrosĭ́ā 		αἱ ἀμβροσῐ́αι
hai ambrosĭ́ai
Genitive τῆς ἀμβροσῐ́ᾱς
tês ambrosĭ́ās 		τοῖν ἀμβροσῐ́αιν
toîn ambrosĭ́ain 		τῶν ἀμβροσῐῶν
tôn ambrosĭôn
Dative τῇ ἀμβροσῐ́ᾳ
tēî ambrosĭ́āi 		τοῖν ἀμβροσῐ́αιν
toîn ambrosĭ́ain 		ταῖς ἀμβροσῐ́αις
taîs ambrosĭ́ais
Accusative τὴν ἀμβροσῐ́ᾱν
tḕn ambrosĭ́ān 		τὼ ἀμβροσῐ́ᾱ
tṑ ambrosĭ́ā 		τᾱ̀ς ἀμβροσῐ́ᾱς
tā̀s ambrosĭ́ās
Vocative ἀμβροσῐ́ᾱ
ambrosĭ́ā 		ἀμβροσῐ́ᾱ
ambrosĭ́ā 		ἀμβροσῐ́αι
ambrosĭ́ai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
Descendants
  • → Greek: αμβροσία f (amvrosía) (learned)
  • → Latin: ambrosia
  • Russian: амбро́зия f (ambrózija)

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