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† 1. ambrŏsĭa, ae, f., = ἀμβροσία.

  1. I. Lit., ambrosia, the food of the gods (as nectar was their drink): non enim ambrosiā deos aut nectare laetari arbitror, Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 65; Ov. P. 1, 10, 11: Suaviolum dulci dulcius ambrosiā, Cat. 99, 2.
    Hence: orator ambrosiā alendus, prov. once in Cic., qs. a god among orators, of a distinguished orator (opp. faenum esse), Cic. de Or. 2, 57.
    Also food for the steeds of the gods: equos ambrosiae suco saturos, Ov. M. 2, 120; 4, 215 (acc. to Hom. Il. 5, 368 and 369).
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. The unguent of the gods (so, ἀμβροσία, Hom. Il. 14, 170; 16, 670): ambrosiā cum dulci nectare mixtā Contigit os, Ov. M. 14, 606: liquidum ambrosiae diffundit odorem, Verg. G. 4, 415; id. A. 12, 419.
    2. B. The name of several plants, esp. of the botrys or artemisia, Turkish mugwort: Choenopodium botrys, Linn.; Plin. 27, 4, 11, § 28.
      Another plant of this name, Plin. 27, 8, 31, § 55.
    3. C. An antidote to poison, Cels. 5, 23.

2. Ambrŏsĭa, v. Ambrosie.

Ambrŏsiē, ēs, or -a, ae, f., = Ἀμβροσίη, Ambrosia, daughter of Attas and Pleione, one of the Hyades, Hyg. Fab. 182 and 192; id. poët. Astr. 2, 21.