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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

  • ὅπου γε καὶ εἰ τὸ πᾶν τοῦτο πῦρ ὑφελόμενοσ κατεκόμισα ἐσ τὴν γῆν μηδ’ ὅλωσ τι αὐτοῦ καταλιπών, οὐ μεγάλα ὑμᾶσ ἠδίκουν οὐδὲν γὰρ ὑμεῖσ δεῖσθε αὐτοῦ μήτε ῥιγοῦντεσ μήτε ἕψοντεσ τὴν ἀμβροσίαν μήτε φωτὸσ ἐπιτεχνητοῦ δεόμενοι. (Lucian, Prometheus, (no name) 18:9)
  • ἀλλὰ τὴν ἀμβροσίαν παρατίθενται καὶ τοῦ νέκταροσ μεθύσκονται, μάλιστα δὲ ἥδονται σιτούμενοι τὸν ἐκ τῶν θυσιῶν καπνὸν αὐτῇ κνίσῃ ἀνενηνεγμένον ^ καὶ τὸ αἷμα δὲ τῶν ἱερείων, ὃ τοῖσ βωμοῖσ οἱ θύοντεσ περιχέουσιν. (Lucian, Icaromenippus, (no name) 27:2)
  • ὁ δὲ ἀπ’ ἀρχῆσ ἀρξάμενοσ, ὦ ἑταῖρε, περὶ τούτων λέγειν καὶ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ γνώμην διηγεῖσθαι τοσαύτην τινά μου λόγων ἀμβροσίαν κατεσκέδασεν, ὥστε καὶ τὰσ Σειρῆνασ ἐκείνασ, εἴ τινεσ ἄρα ἐγένοντο, καὶ τὰσ ἀηδόνασ καὶ τὸν Ὁμήρου λωτὸν ἀρχαῖον ἀποδεῖξαι· (Lucian, Nigrinus, Nigrinou Fiaosofia 3:3)
  • σὺ δὲ ‐ ἤδη γὰρ ἐπουράνιοσ εἶ ‐ πολλὰ εὖ ποιήσεισ ἐντεῦθεν καὶ τὸν πατέρα καὶ πατρίδα, καὶ ἀντὶ μὲν τυροῦ καὶ γάλακτοσ ἀμβροσίαν ἔδῃ καὶ νέκταρ πίῃ· (Lucian, Dialogi deorum, 5:3)
  • ἑώθεν μὲν γὰρ ἐξαναστάντα σαίρειν τὸ συμπόσιον δεῖ καὶ διαστρώσαντα τὴν κλισίαν εὐθετίσαντά τε ἕκαστα παρεστάναι τῷ Διὶ καὶ διαφέρειν τὰσ ἀγγελίασ τὰσ παῤ αὐτοῦ ἄνω καὶ κάτω ἡμεροδρομοῦντα, καὶ ἐπανελθόντα ἔτι κεκονιμένον παρατιθέναι τὴν ἀμβροσίαν· (Lucian, Dialogi deorum, 1:4)

Synonyms

  1. food

  2. immortality

  3. a festival of Bacchus

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