Ambrysus

Latin

Alternative forms

• Ambryssos
• Amphrysus

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἄμβρυσος (Ámbrusos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /amˈbryː.sus/, [ämˈbryːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /amˈbri.sus/, [ämˈbriːs̬us]

Proper noun

Ambrȳsus f sg (genitive Ambrȳsī); second declension

1. a town of Phocis, situated on a fertile valley near Stiris

Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Ambrȳsus
Genitive	Ambrȳsī
Dative	Ambrȳsō
Accusative	Ambrȳsum
Ablative	Ambrȳsō
Vocative	Ambrȳse
Locative	Ambrȳsī

References

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