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ambactus

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Gaulish ambaxtos (vassal, high-ranking servant), from Proto-Celtic *ambaxtos (servant), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂mbʰi-h₂eǵ- (drive around), from *h₂m̥bʰi (around) + *h₂eǵ- (to drive). See Latin ambigō.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ambactus m (genitive ambactī); second declension

  1. a vassal, dependent
  2. a servant, retainer

Declension

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Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative ambactus ambactī
genitive ambactī ambactōrum
dative ambactō ambactīs
accusative ambactum ambactōs
ablative ambactō ambactīs
vocative ambacte ambactī

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  • ambactus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ambactus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ambactus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • ambactus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.