Ambracia

English

Proper noun

Ambracia

1. (historical) A city of ancient Greece on the site of modern Arta.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀμβρακία (Ambrakía).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /amˈbra.ki.a/, [ämˈbräkiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /amˈbra.t͡ʃi.a/, [ämˈbräːt͡ʃiä]

Proper noun

Ambracia f sg (genitive Ambraciae); first declension

1. An ancient town in southern Epirus, now Arta

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Ambracia
Genitive	Ambraciae
Dative	Ambraciae
Accusative	Ambraciam
Ablative	Ambraciā
Vocative	Ambracia
Locative	Ambraciae

Derived terms

• Ambraciēnsis

Related terms

• Ambraciōtēs
• Ambracius

References

• “Ambracia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Ambracia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Ambracia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Ambracia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly