ἀμβροσία
ἀμβροσί-α, Ion.
-ιη, ἡ,
A). immortality, rarein general sense,
σώματος ἀ. Epigr.Gr. 338 (Cyzicus); usu.
elixir of life, as used by gods for food,
Od. 5.93 , etc.; as perfume,
4.445 ; as unguent,
Il. 14.170 , cf.
16.680 ; as pasture for horses,
5.777 ; coupled with
νέκταρ (q. v.), the two distinguished as food and drink,
Od. 5.93 (later reversed,
ἀ. being drunk,
Sapph. 51 ,
Ar. Eq. 1095 ,
Anaxandr. 57 ), cf.
Pi. O. 1.62 ,
P. 9.63 ,
Arist. Metaph. 1000a12 ,
A. R.
4.871 ,
Theoc. 15.108 ;
βολβοφακῆ δ’ἴσον ἀμβροσίῃ Ψύχους κρυοέντος Chrysipp.Stoic. 3.178 ; allegorically expl. as vapour,
Democr. 25 .
2). in religious rites,
mixture of water, oil, and various fruits, Anticl. 13 .
3). Medic., name for antidote,
Zopyr. ap.
Cels. 5.23 ,
Gal. 14.149 ; also of an external emollient, Aeumc;t.
14.2 .
4). ambrose, Ambrosia maritima, Dsc. 3.114 .
b). Corinthian, = κρίνον , Nic. Fr. 126 .
c). = ἀείζωον μέγα , Dsc. 4.88 .
B). Ἀμβροσία,
ἡ,
a festival of Bacchus,
EM 564.13 .
ShortDef
immortality; ambrosia
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ἀμβροσί-α</span>, Ion. <span class="foreign greek">-ιη,</span> <span class="gen greek">ἡ</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">immortality,</span> rarein general sense, <span class="quote greek">σώματος ἀ.</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Epigr.Gr.</span> 338 </span> (Cyzicus); usu. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">elixir of life,</span> as used by gods for food, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:5:93" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:5.93/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 5.93 </a>, etc.; as perfume, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4:445" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:4.445/canonical-url/"> 4.445 </a>; as unguent, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:14:170" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:14.170/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 14.170 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:16:680" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:16.680/canonical-url/"> 16.680 </a>; as pasture for horses, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:777" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:5.777/canonical-url/"> 5.777 </a>; coupled with <span class="foreign greek">νέκταρ</span> (q. v.), the two distinguished as food and drink, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:5:93" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:5.93/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 5.93 </a> (later reversed, <span class="foreign greek">ἀ.</span> being drunk, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Sapph.</span> 51 </span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1095" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1095/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eq.</span> 1095 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0405.tlg001:57" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0405.tlg001:57/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Anaxandr.</span> 57 </a>), cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:62" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.62/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">O.</span> 1.62 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:9:63" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:9.63/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 9.63 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg025.perseus-grc1:1000a:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg025.perseus-grc1:1000a.12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Metaph.</span> 1000a12 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> </span> R.<span class="bibl"> 4.871 </span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:15:108" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:15.108/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Theoc.</span> 15.108 </a>; <span class="quote greek">βολβοφακῆ δ’ἴσον ἀμβροσίῃ Ψύχους κρυοέντος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1264.tlg001:3:178" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1264.tlg001:3.178/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Chrysipp.Stoic.</span> 3.178 </a> ; allegorically expl. as vapour, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0161.tlg001:25" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0161.tlg001:25/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Democr.</span> 25 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> in religious rites, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">mixture of water, oil, and various fruits,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1140.tlg001:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1140.tlg001:13/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Anticl.</span> 13 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> Medic., name for antidote, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Zopyr.</span> </span> ap. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1248.tlg001:5:23" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1248.tlg001:5.23/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Cels.</span> 5.23 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gal.</span> 14.149 </span>; also of an external emollient, Aeumc;t.<span class="bibl"> 14.2 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">ambrose, Ambrosia maritima,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Dsc.</span> 3.114 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> Corinthian, = <span class="ref greek">κρίνον</span> , <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Nic.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 126 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>c).</strong></span> = <span class="ref greek">ἀείζωον μέγα</span> , <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Dsc.</span> 4.88 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>d).</strong></span> vine whose grapes were eaten, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:latinLit:phi0978.phi001:14:40" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:latinLit:phi0978.phi001:14.40/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plin.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HN</span> 14.40 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>B).</strong></span> <span class="orth greek">Ἀμβροσία</span>, <span class="gen greek">ἡ</span>, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">a festival</span> of Bacchus, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4099.tlg001:564:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4099.tlg001:564.13/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">EM</span> 564.13 </a>.</div> </div><br><br>'}