Ambrosius

See also: ambrosius

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Ambrosius.

Proper noun

Ambrosius (plural Ambrosiuses)

  1. A surname from German.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Ambrosius is the 39486th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 557 individuals. Ambrosius is most common among White (95.15%) individuals.

Further reading

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀμβρόσιος (ambrósios, immortal, divine).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Ambrosius m sg (genitive Ambrosiī or Ambrosī, feminine Ambrosia); second declension

  1. A masculine nomen equivalent to Ambrose, famously held by:
    1. Aurelius Ambrosius (AD circa 340–397), a celebrated Church Doctor and Father, consular prefect of Aemilia and Liguria from AD 372 and bishop of Milan AD 374–397

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Ambrosius
genitive Ambrosiī
Ambrosī1
dative Ambrosiō
accusative Ambrosium
ablative Ambrosiō
vocative Ambrosī

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

Derived terms

  • Ambrosiānus

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *Ėmrös
  • Czech: Ambrož
  • English: Ambrose
  • Italian: Ambrogio
  • Portuguese: Ambrósio (learned)
  • Slovak: Ambróz
  • Sicilian: Ammroci, Ammrosi, Brosi

References

  • Ambrŏsĭus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • 2 Ambrŏsĭus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette:112/2

Further reading

Middle Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Ambrosius.

Proper noun

Ambrosius m

  1. Aurelius Ambrosius

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

  • Ambrosius”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000