Ambrosius

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See also: ambrosius

Latin

Alternative forms

Ambr., Ambros. (abbreviations)

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /amˈbro.si.us/, [ämˈbrɔs̠iʊs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /amˈbro.si.us/, [ämˈbrɔːs̬ius]

Proper noun

Ambrosius m sg (genitive Ambrosiī or Ambrosī); second declension

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 noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Ambrosius
Genitive	Ambrosiī Ambrosī¹
Dative	Ambrosiō
Accusative	Ambrosium
Ablative	Ambrosiō
Vocative	Ambrosī

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
2 Ambrŏsĭus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “112/2”

Further reading

Ambrosius on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la

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