Ambrosia

See also Ambrosia

English

Etymology

From Latin ambrosia (“‘food of the gods’”), from Ancient Greek ἀμβροσία (ambrosia), “‘immortality’”), from ἄμβροτος (ambrotos), “‘immortal’”), from ἀ- (“‘not’”) + βροτός (brotos), “‘mortal’”).

Noun

Wikipedia

Singular Ambrosia

Plural -

Ambrosia (-)

1. (Greek & Roman Mythology) The food of the gods, thought to confer immortality
2. Any food with an especially delicious flavour or fragrance
3. A mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and fed to larvae

Derived terms

• ambrosia beetle

Translations

Food of gods or delicious foods

Armenian: ամբրոսիա hy(hy) (ambrosia), ամբրոս hy(hy) (ambros) Bulgarian: амброзия bg(bg) Croatian: ambrozija hr(hr) f. Danish: ambrosia da(da) Dutch: ambrozijn Esperanto: ambrozio eo(eo) Estonian: ambroosia Finnish: ambrosia fi(fi) French: ambroisie fr(fr) German: Ambrosia de(de) Hebrew: אמברוסיה he(he)

Italian: ambrosia it(it) Lithuanian: ambrozija lt(lt) Norwegian: ambrosia no(no) Polish: ambrozja f. Portuguese: ambrosia pt(pt) Russian: амброзия ru(ru) Serbian: амброзија Slovene: ambrozija sl(sl) Spanish: ambrosía es(es) f. Swedish: ambrosia sv(sv)

See also

• manna n
• mead n
• nectar n

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Finnish

Noun

Ambrosia

1. ambrosia

Declension

Declension of ambrosia (type kulkija) singular plural nominative ambrosia ambrosiat genitive ambrosian ambrosioiden ambrosioitten ambrosiain1 partitive ambrosiaa ambrosioita accusative ambrosia ambrosian ambrosiat inessive ambrosiassa ambrosioissa elative ambrosiasta ambrosioista illative ambrosiaan ambrosioihin adessive ambrosialla ambrosioilla ablative ambrosialta ambrosioilta allative ambrosialle ambrosioille essive ambrosiana ambrosioina translative ambrosiaksi ambrosioiksi instructive – ambrosioin abessive ambrosiatta ambrosioitta comitative – ambrosioineen 1) Rare.

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Italian

Noun

ambrosia f. (plural ambrosie)

1. ambrosia (all senses)
2. honeydew

Anagrams

• aabimors,
• arabismo
• bramosia
• brasiamo

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀμβροσία (ambrosia), “‘immortality’”), from ἄμβροτος (ambrotos), “‘immportal’”).

Noun

ambrosia (genitive ambrosiae); f, first declension

1. The food of the gods; ambrosia.
2. The unguent of the gods.
3. The plant, artemisia, of the genus Artemisia.
4. An antidote to a poison.

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	ambrosia	ambrosiae
genitive	ambrosiae	ambrosiārum
dative	ambrosiae	ambrosiīs
accusative	ambrosiam	ambrosiās
ablative	ambrosiā	ambrosiīs
vocative	ambrosia	ambrosiae

Derived terms

• ambrosiacus

Related terms

• ambrosius

Descendants

English: ambrosia Finnish: ambrosia

French: ambroisie Italian: ambrosia

et:ambrosia fr:ambrosia ko:ambrosia io:ambrosia hu:ambrosia no:ambrosia pl:ambrosia pt:ambrosia ru:ambrosia fi:ambrosia ta:ambrosia te:ambrosia tr:ambrosia vi:ambrosia