"ambactus" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: [amˈbak.tʊs] [Classical-Latin], [amˈbak.tus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts? Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰí Proto-Celtic *ambi- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Celtic *ageti Proto-Celtic *-tos Proto-Celtic *ambaxtos Gaulish ambaxtosbor. Latin ambactus 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. Etymology templates: {{ety|la|:bor|cel-gau:ambaxtos|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts? Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰí Proto-Celtic *ambi- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Celtic *ageti Proto-Celtic *-tos Proto-Celtic *ambaxtos Gaulish ambaxtosbor. Latin ambactus [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "is_uncertain" : true, "id" : "front", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "front", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₂ent-", "gloss" : "face, forehead; front", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "amphikinetic", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-s", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₂énts", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₂m̥bʰí", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Celtic", "term" : "*ambi-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "cel-pro" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "drive", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₂eǵ-", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-eti", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₂éǵeti", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Celtic", "term" : "*ageti", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "cel-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Celtic", "term" : "*-tos", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "cel-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Celtic", "term" : "*ambaxtos", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "cel-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Gaulish", "term" : "ambaxtos", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "cel-gau" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "ambactus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }" data-lang="la" data-title="ambactus">, {{bor|la|cel-gau|ambaxtos||vassal, high-ranking servant}} Gaulish ambaxtos (“vassal, high-ranking servant”), {{der|la|cel-pro|*ambaxtos||servant}} Proto-Celtic *ambaxtos (“servant”), {{der|la|ine-pro|*h₂mbʰi-h₂eǵ-||drive around}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂mbʰi-h₂eǵ- (“drive around”), {{cog|la|ambigō}} Latin ambigō Head templates: {{la-noun|ambactus<2>}} ambactus m (genitive ambactī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|ambactus<2>}} Forms: ambactī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], ambactus [nominative, singular], ambactī [nominative, plural], ambactī [genitive, singular], ambactōrum [genitive, plural], ambactō [dative, singular], ambactīs [dative, plural], ambactum [accusative, singular], ambactōs [accusative, plural], ambactō [ablative, singular], ambactīs [ablative, plural], ambacte [singular, vocative], ambactī [plural, vocative], ambaxtus [alternative]
  1. vassal, dependent Tags: declension-2, masculine
    Sense id: en-ambactus-la-noun-t~QZVJ3N Categories (other): Latin entries with etymology trees, Latin entries with etymon, Latin masculine nouns in the second declension, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymology trees: 58 42 Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymon: 50 50 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 58 42 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 50 50
  2. servant, retainer Tags: declension-2, masculine
    Sense id: en-ambactus-la-noun-gKdxei52 Categories (other): Latin entries with etymon, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymon: 50 50 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 38 62 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ambactia Related terms: ambasciator

Inflected forms

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    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin masculine nouns",
    "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin second declension nouns",
    "Latin terms borrowed from Gaulish",
    "Latin terms derived from Gaulish",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂ent-",
    "Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂eǵ- (drive)",
    "Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *h₂m̥bʰí",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages using etymon with no ID",
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  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "ambactia"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Danish",
      "lang_code": "da",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "ambassade"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "ambassade"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "ambassador"
    },
    {
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "word": "ambacte"
    },
    {
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "word": "ambassade"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "ambasciata"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "ambasciatore"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "lang_code": "no",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "ambassade"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "embaixada"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "embaixador"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "word": "ambasadă"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "word": "ambasador"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "embajada"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "embajador"
    }
  ],
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    [
      "*h₂ent-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂ent-#Proto-Indo-European:_front"
    ],
    [
      "*-s",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-s#Proto-Indo-European:_amphikinetic"
    ],
    [
      "*h₂énts",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂énts#Proto-Indo-European:_front"
    ],
    [
      "*h₂m̥bʰí",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂m̥bʰí"
    ],
    [
      "*ambi-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ambi-"
    ],
    [
      "*h₂eǵ-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂eǵ-#Proto-Indo-European:_drive"
    ],
    [
      "*-eti",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-eti"
    ],
    [
      "*h₂éǵeti",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂éǵeti"
    ],
    [
      "*ageti",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ageti"
    ],
    [
      "*-tos",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/-tos"
    ],
    [
      "*ambaxtos",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ambaxtos"
    ],
    [
      "ambaxtos",
      "ambaxtos#Gaulish"
    ],
    [
      "ambaxtos",
      "ambaxtos#Gaulish"
    ],
    [
      "*ambaxtos",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ambaxtos"
    ],
    [
      "*h₂mbʰi-h₂eǵ-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂mbʰi-h₂eǵ-"
    ],
    [
      "*h₂m̥bʰi",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂m̥bʰi"
    ],
    [
      "*h₂eǵ-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂eǵ-#Proto-Indo-European:_drive"
    ],
    [
      "ambigō",
      "ambigo#Latin"
    ]
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": ":bor",
        "3": "cel-gau:ambaxtos",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *h₂ent-\nProto-Indo-European *-s\nProto-Indo-European *h₂énts?\nProto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰí\nProto-Celtic *ambi-\nProto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-\nProto-Indo-European *-eti\nProto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti\nProto-Celtic *ageti\nProto-Celtic *-tos\nProto-Celtic *ambaxtos\nGaulish ambaxtosbor.\nLatin ambactus\n[Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"is_uncertain\" : true, \"id\" : \"front\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"front\", \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*h₂ent-\", \"gloss\" : \"face, forehead; front\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" }, { \"id\" : \"amphikinetic\", \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-s\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*h₂énts\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*h₂m̥bʰí\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Celtic\", \"term\" : \"*ambi-\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"cel-pro\" }, { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"drive\", \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*h₂eǵ-\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" }, { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-eti\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*h₂éǵeti\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Celtic\", \"term\" : \"*ageti\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"cel-pro\" }, { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Celtic\", \"term\" : \"*-tos\", \"status\" : \"missing\", \"lang\" : \"cel-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Celtic\", \"term\" : \"*ambaxtos\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"cel-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Gaulish\", \"term\" : \"ambaxtos\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"cel-gau\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"ambactus\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"la\" }\" data-lang=\"la\" data-title=\"ambactus\">",
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        "4": "",
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      },
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      "name": "bor"
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        "2": "cel-pro",
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        "4": "",
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      "name": "der"
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      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₂mbʰi-h₂eǵ-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "drive around"
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      "name": "der"
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        "1": "la",
        "2": "ambigō"
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      "expansion": "Latin ambigō",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *h₂ent-\nProto-Indo-European *-s\nProto-Indo-European *h₂énts?\nProto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰí\nProto-Celtic *ambi-\nProto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-\nProto-Indo-European *-eti\nProto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti\nProto-Celtic *ageti\nProto-Celtic *-tos\nProto-Celtic *ambaxtos\nGaulish ambaxtosbor.\nLatin ambactus\nFrom 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.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ambactī",
      "links": [
        [
          "ambactī",
          "ambacti"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ambactus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ambactī",
      "links": [
        [
          "ambactī",
          "ambacti#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ambactī",
      "links": [
        [
          "ambactī",
          "ambacti#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ambactōrum",
      "links": [
        [
          "ambactōrum",
          "ambactorum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ambactō",
      "links": [
        [
          "ambactō",
          "ambacto#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ambactīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "ambactīs",
          "ambactis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ambactum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ambactōs",
      "links": [
        [
          "ambactōs",
          "ambactos#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ambactō",
      "links": [
        [
          "ambactō",
          "ambacto#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ambactīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "ambactīs",
          "ambactis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ambacte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ambactī",
      "links": [
        [
          "ambactī",
          "ambacti#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ambaxtus",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ambactus<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "ambactus m (genitive ambactī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ambactus<2>"
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      "name": "la-ndecl"
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  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "ambasciator"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "vassal, dependent"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "vassal",
          "vassal"
        ],
        [
          "dependent",
          "dependent"
        ]
      ],
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        "masculine"
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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "servant, retainer"
      ],
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        [
          "servant",
          "servant"
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          "retainer",
          "retainer"
        ]
      ],
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        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[amˈbak.tʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[amˈbak.tus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
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}

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