ambestrix

Latin

Etymology

From ambedō (“I eat around, waste”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /amˈbes.triːks/, [ämˈbɛs̠t̪riːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /amˈbes.triks/, [ämˈbɛst̪riks]

Noun

ambestrīx f (genitive ambestrīcis); third declension

1. a (female) consumer

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ambestrīx	ambestrīcēs
Genitive	ambestrīcis	ambestrīcum
Dative	ambestrīcī	ambestrīcibus
Accusative	ambestrīcem	ambestrīcēs
Ablative	ambestrīce	ambestrīcibus
Vocative	ambestrīx	ambestrīcēs

References

• “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.