1. ἀμβρόσιος · ambrosios — Frisk
90 ἀμβρόσιος --- ἀμείβω zer 738 ζ, Sommer Nominalkomp. 3ff., Hoffmann Glotta 28, 24 Α.1. — [Frisk, s.v. ἀμβρόσιος, p. 120]
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ἀμβρόσιος
ambrosios
90 ἀμβρόσιος --- ἀμείβω zer 738 ζ, Sommer Nominalkomp
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Where it lives
- Sapientia Salomonis 1 · 1.45/10k
- Iliad 15 · 1.35/10k
- Birds 1 · 0.94/10k
- Odyssey 8 · 0.92/10k
What it meant
2. ἀμβρόσι-ος · ambrosi-os — LSJ
immortal, divine, belonging to gods, divine, divinely excellent, beautiful
immortal, divine, rarely of persons, νύμφη h.Merc. 230:—in Ep., epith. of everything belonging to gods, as hair, Il. 1.529, etc.; robes, sandals, etc., 5.338, 21.507, 24.341, al.; anointing oil, 14.172, 23.187; voice and song, h.Hom. 27.18, Hes. Th. 69; fodder and mangers of horses, Il. 5.369 8.434; of night and sleep, as divine gifts, Od. 4.429, etc.; ὕδωρ Hom. Epigr. 1.4; κρῆναι E. Hipp. 748:—of things divinely excellent or beautiful, κάλλος Od. 18.193; of verses, Pi. P. 4.299; Ἀφροδίτας ἀ. φι
In the wild
- ἀμβροσίων · ambrosiōn Aristophanes, Birds 1 (DIORISIS sentence 579)
- ἀμβρόσιαι · ambrosiai Iliad 1.529
- ἀμβρόσιον · ambrosion Iliad 13.35
- ἀμβροσίῳ · ambrosiōi Iliad 14.172
- ἀμβροσίους · ambrosious Iliad 14.177
- ἀμβρόσιον · ambrosion Iliad 14.178
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Where it came from
- Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ἀμβρόσιος (scan p. 132; entry #444).
- Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ἀμβρόσιος (scan p. 120; entry #430).
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