ambestrix

Latin

Etymology

From ambedō (“I eat around, waste”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /amˈbeːs.triːks/, [ämˈbeːs̠t̪riːks̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /amˈbes.triks/, [ämˈbɛst̪riks]

Noun

ambēstrīx f (genitive ambēstrīcis); third declension

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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