ambubaia
Latin
Etymology
Ultimately from Aramaic [script needed] (ˀbwb, “pipe, reed, flute”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /am.buːˈbaː.i̯a/, [ämbuːˈbäːi̯ä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /am.buˈba.ja/, [ämbuˈbäːjä]
Noun
ambūbāia f (genitive ambūbāiae); first declension
- a Syrian girl in Rome who played the flute and danced
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | 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