ambestrix

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From ambedō (I eat around, waste).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ambēstrīx f (genitive ambēstrīcis); third declension

  1. a (female) consumer

Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ambēstrīx ambēstrīcēs
Genitive ambēstrīcis ambēstrīcum
Dative ambēstrīcī ambēstrīcibus
Accusative ambēstrīcem ambēstrīcēs
Ablative ambēstrīce ambēstrīcibus
Vocative ambēstrīx ambēstrīcēs

References[edit]

  • ambestrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ambestrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette