Ambivius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /amˈbi.u̯i.us/, [ämˈbiu̯iʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /amˈbi.vi.us/, [ämˈbiːvius]

Proper noun

Ambivius m sg (genitive Ambiviī or Ambivī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Lucius Ambivius Turpio, a Roman actor

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Ambivius
genitive	Ambiviī Ambivī1
dative	Ambiviō
accusative	Ambivium
ablative	Ambiviō
vocative	Ambivī

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

References

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