ἀμβροσί-α · ambrosi-a — LSJ
immortality, rare in general sense, σώματος ἀ. Epigr.Gr. 338 (Cyzicus); usu. elixir of life, as used by gods for food, Od. 5.93, etc.; as perfume, 4.445; as unguent, Il. 14.170, cf. 16.680; as pasture for horses, 5.777; coupled with νέκταρ (q. v.), the two distinguished as food and drink, Od. 5.93 (later reversed, ἀ. being drunk, Sapph. 51, Ar. Eq. 1095, Anaxandr. 57), cf. Pi. O. 1.62, P. 9.63, Arist. Metaph. 1000a12, A.R. 4.871, Theoc. 15.108; βολβοφακῆ δʼ ἴσον ἀμβροσίῃ ψύχους κρυοέντος Chrysip
in religious rites, mixture of water, oil, and various fruits, Anticl. 13.
Medic., name for antidote, Zopyr. ap. Cels. 5.23, Gal. 14.149; also of an external emollient, Aeumc;t.14.2.
ambrose, Ambrosia maritima, Dsc. 3.114.
Corinthian, = κρίνον, Nic. Fr. 126.
= ἀείζωον μέγα, Dsc. 4.88.
vine whose grapes were eaten, Plin. HN 14.40.
Ἀμβροσία, ἡ, a festival of Bacchus, EM 564.13.