amburbium

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin amburbium.

Noun

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amburbium (plural amburbia)

  1. (historical) An ancient expiatory procession round the city of Rome at which sacrifices were offered.
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Latin

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Etymology

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ambi- +‎ urbs +‎ -ium

Noun

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amburbium n (genitive amburbiī or amburbī); second declension

  1. An expiatory procession round the city of Rome at which sacrifices were offered.

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative amburbium amburbia
Genitive amburbiī
amburbī1
amburbiōrum
Dative amburbiō amburbiīs
Accusative amburbium amburbia
Ablative amburbiō amburbiīs
Vocative amburbium amburbia

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

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References

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  • amburbium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • amburbium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • amburbium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • amburbium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin