ambubaia

Latin

Etymology

Ultimately from Aramaic [script needed] (ˀbwb, “pipe, reed, flute”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /am.buːˈbaː.i̯a/, [ämbuːˈbäːi̯ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /am.buˈba.ja/, [ämbuˈbäːjä]

Noun

ambūbāia f (genitive ambūbāiae); first declension

1. a Syrian girl in Rome who played the flute and danced

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	ambūbāia	ambūbāiae
genitive	ambūbāiae	ambūbāiārum
dative	ambūbāiae	ambūbāiīs
accusative	ambūbāiam	ambūbāiās
ablative	ambūbāiā	ambūbāiīs
vocative	ambūbāia	ambūbāiae

References

• “ambubaia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ambubaia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers