4.4.1
Logeion
Perseus analyses of ἀμβρόσιαι:
ἀμβρόσιος (immortal, divine): fem nom/voc pl
ἀμβροσία (immortality): fem nom/voc pl
LSJ entries
ἀμβρόσιος
ἀμβρόσιος
,
α
,
ον
,
also
ος
,
ον
E. Med. 983
(lyr.):—
A.
immortal,
divine,
rarely
of
persons,
νύμφη
h.Merc. 230
:—in
Ep.
,
epith.
of
everything
belonging
to
gods,
as
hair,
Il. 1.529
,
etc.;
robes,
sandals,
etc.,
5.338
,
21.507
,
24.341
,
al.;
anointing
oil,
14.172
,
23.187
;
voice
and
song,
h.Hom. 27.18
,
Hes. Th. 69
;
fodder
and
mangers
of
horses,
Il. 5.369
8.434
;
of
night
and
sleep,
as
divine
gifts,
Od. 4.429
,
etc.;
ὕδωρ
Hom. Epigr. 1.4
;
κρῆναι
E. Hipp. 748
:—of
things
divinely
excellent
or
beautiful,
κάλλος
Od. 18.193
;
of
verses,
Pi. P. 4.299
;
Ἀφροδίτας
ἀ.
φιλοτάτων
Id. N. 8.1
.
ἀμβροσία
ἀμβροσία
,
Ion.
-ιη,
ἡ
,
A.
immortality,
rare
in
general
sense,
σώματος
ἀ.
Epigr.Gr.
338 (
Cyzicus
);
usu.
elixir
of
life,
as
used
by
gods
for
food,
Od. 5.93
,
etc.;
as
perfume,
4.445
;
as
unguent,
Il. 14.170
,
cf.
16.680
;
as
pasture
for
horses,
5.777
;
coupled
with
νέκταρ
(q.
v.),
the
two
distinguished
as
food
and
drink,
Od. 5.93
(later
reversed,
ἀ.
being
drunk,
Sapph.
51,
Ar. Eq. 1095
,
Anaxandr. 57
),
cf.
Pi. O. 1.62
,
P. 9.63
,
Arist. Metaph. 1000a12
,
A.R.
4.871,
Theoc. 15.108
;
βολβοφακῆ
δʼἴσον
ἀμβροσίῃ
ψύχους
κρυοέντος
Chrysipp.Stoic. 3.178
;
allegorically
expl.
as
vapour,
Democr. 25
.
2.
in
religious
rites,
mixture
of
water,
oil,
and
various
fruits,
Anticl. 13
.
3.
Medic.,
name
for
antidote,
Zopyr.
ap.
Cels. 5.23
,
Gal.
14.149;
also
of
an
external
emollient,
Aeumc;t.14.2.
4.
ambrose,
Ambrosia
maritima,
Dsc.
3.114.
b.
Corinthian,
=
κρίνον,
Nic.
Fr.
126.
c.
=
ἀείζωον
μέγα,
Dsc.
4.88.
d.
vine
whose
grapes
were
eaten,
Plin. HN 14.40
.
B.
Ἀμβροσία
,
ἡ
,
a
festival
of
Bacchus,
EM 564.13
.