Latin

Alternative forms

• Ambr., Ambros. abbreviations

Proper noun

Ambrosius m ‎(genitive Ambrosiī or Ambrosī); second declension

1. A masculine nomen — famously held by:
   1. Aurelius Ambrosius (AD circa 340–397), a celebrated Church Doctor and Father, consular prefect of Aemilia and Liguria from AD 372 and bishop of Milan AD 374–397

Declension

Second declension.

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

• Ambrosiānus

References

• Ambrŏsĭus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “2 Ambrŏsĭus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 112/2.

Latin

Alternative forms

• ambroseus

Adjective

ambrosius m ‎(feminine ambrosia, neuter ambrosium); first/second declension

1. Ambrosial, divine, immortal.

Inflection

First/second declension.

Synonyms

• (ambrosial): ambrosiacus

Related terms

• ambrosia
• ambrosiacus

References

• ambrosius in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ambrosius in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• AMBROSIUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “ambrosius”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• ambrosius in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ambrosius in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray