ambestrix

Latin

Etymology

From ambedō (“I eat around, waste”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /amˈbeːs.triːks/, [ämˈbeːs̠t̪riːks̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /amˈbes.triks/, [ämˈbɛst̪riks]

Noun

ambēstrīx f (genitive ambēstrīcis); third declension

  1. a (female) consumer

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ambēstrīx ambēstrīcēs
Genitive ambēstrīcis ambēstrīcum
Dative ambēstrīcī ambēstrīcibus
Accusative ambēstrīcem ambēstrīcēs
Ablative ambēstrīce ambēstrīcibus
Vocative ambēstrīx ambēstrīcēs

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