ambactus
Latin
Alternative forms
- ambaxtus
Etymology
From Gaulish ambaxtos (“vassal, high-ranking servant”), from Proto-Celtic *ambaxtos (“servant”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂mbʰi-h₂eǵ- (“drive around”), from *h₂m̥bʰi (“around”) + *h₂eǵ- (“to drive”). See Latin ambigō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [amˈbak.tʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [amˈbak.t̪us]
Noun
ambactus m (genitive ambactī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ambactus | ambactī |
| genitive | ambactī | ambactōrum |
| dative | ambactō | ambactīs |
| accusative | ambactum | ambactōs |
| ablative | ambactō | ambactīs |
| vocative | ambacte | ambactī |
Derived terms
- ambactia
Descendants
- → Danish: ambassade
- → Dutch: ambassade
- → English: ambassador
- French: ambacte, ambassade
- Italian: ambasciata, ambasciatore
- → Norwegian: ambassade
- Portuguese: embaixada, embaixador
- Romanian: ambasadă, ambasador
- Spanish: embajada, embajador
References
- “ambactus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ambactus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "ambactus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- ambactus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.