Ambivius
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /amˈbi.u̯i.us/, [ämˈbiu̯iʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /amˈbi.vi.us/, [ämˈbiːvius]
Proper noun[edit]
Ambivius m sg (genitive Ambiviī or Ambivī); second declension
- a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
- Lucius Ambivius Turpio, a Roman actor
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Ambivius |
| Genitive | Ambiviī Ambivī1 |
| Dative | Ambiviō |
| Accusative | Ambivium |
| Ablative | Ambiviō |
| Vocative | Ambivī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References[edit]
- “Ambivius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Ambivius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.