ampelos
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄμπελος (ámpelos, “vine”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈam.pe.los/, [ˈämpɛɫ̪ɔs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈam.pe.los/, [ˈämpelos]
Noun
[edit]ampelos f (genitive ampelī); second declension
- a vine
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (Greek-type).
singular | plural | |
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nominative | ampelos | ampelī |
genitive | ampelī | ampelōrum |
dative | ampelō | ampelīs |
accusative | ampelon | ampelōs |
ablative | ampelō | ampelīs |
vocative | ampele | ampelī |
Derived terms
[edit]- ampelos agria (in Pliny's Natural History)
- ampelos Chironia, ampelos chironia (in Pliny's Natural History)
- ampelos leuce (in Pliny's Natural History)
Descendants
[edit]- Translingual: Ampelopsis, Ampelocissus, Ampelocalamus, Ampelodesmos, Ampelophaga, Ampelosicyos
References
[edit]- “ampelos”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ampelos in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “ampelos”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly