ambro

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Noun

ambro (uncountable, accusative ambron)

1. ambergris (substance derived from the sperm whale, used in perfumes)
   • Lydia Zamenhof (translator), Quo Vadis by Henryk Sienkiewicz, Part 1, Chapter 1,

     Mi hejtigas mian hypocaustum per cedra ligno, surŝutita de ambro, ĉar mi preferas en la vivo belajn odorojn ol malbelajn.

     I shall give command to burn in my hypocaustum, cedar-wood sprinkled with ambergris, for during life I prefer perfumes to stenches. (Jeremiah Curtin translation)

Latin

FWOTD – 24 December 2023

Etymology

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. from a tribe's name Ambrones? not related to Spanish hambron

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈam.bro/, [ˈämbrɔ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈam.bro/, [ˈämbro]

Noun

ambro m (genitive ambronis); third declension

1. (Medieval Latin) a glutton, one who eats much or too much.
2. (Medieval Latin, figuratively) an excessively ferocious or barbarous human being.
   • 12th century, Geoffrey of Monmouth, De Gestis Britonum V.394-395:

     Quod cum abnegauissent puellae, irruerunt in eas ambrones maximamque partem sine mora trucidaverunt.

     When the maiden had refused, these ferocious men immediately rushed in and killed a great part of them.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ambro	ambronēs
Genitive	ambronis	ambronum
Dative	ambronī	ambronibus
Accusative	ambronem	ambronēs
Ablative	ambrone	ambronibus
Vocative	ambro	ambronēs