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ἀμβροσίᾱ

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀμβροσίᾱ ἀμβροσίας

Structure: ἀμβροσι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Sense

  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

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • Δημοδάμασ γὰρ ὁ Ἁλικαρνασσεὺσ ἢ Μιλήσιοσ ἐν τῷ περὶ Ἁλικαρνασσοῦ Κυπρία Ἁλικαρνασσέωσ αὐτὰ εἶναί φησι ποιήματα, λέγει δ’ οὖν ὅστισ ἐστὶν ὁ ποιήσασ αὐτὰ ἐν τῷ α’ οὑτωσί εἵματα μὲν χροὶ ἕστο τά οἱ Χάριτέσ τε καὶ Ὧραι ποίησαν καὶ ἔβαψαν ἐν ἄνθεσιν εἰαρινοῖσιν, οἱᾶ φοροῦσ1’Σ321 ὡρ͂αι, ἔν τε κρόκῳ ἔν θ’ ὑακίνθῳ ἔν τε ἰῴ θαλέθοντι ῥόδου τ’ ἐνὶ ἄνθει καλῷ, ἡδέι νεκταρέῳ, ἒν τ’ ἀμβροσίαισ καλύκεσσιν ναρκίσσου καὶ λειρίου δῖ̓ Ἀφροδίτη ὡρ́αισ παντοίαισ τεθυωμένα εἵματα ἕστο. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 30 1:1)
  • ὀξὺ δέ μιν κραδίην ἄχοσ ἔλλαβεν, ἀμφὶ δὲ χαίταισ ἀμβροσίαισ κρήδεμνα δαί̈ζετο χερσὶ φίλῃσι, κυάνεον δὲ κάλυμμα κατ’ ἀμφοτέρων βάλετ’ ὤμων, σεύατο δ’ ὥστ’ οἰωνόσ, ἐπὶ τραφερήν τε καὶ ὑγρὴν μαιομένη· (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 6:1)

Synonyms

  1. food

  2. immortality

  3. a festival of Bacchus

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