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|lshtext=<b>amb-ĕdo</b>: ēdi, ēsum, 3 (<br /><b>I</b> pres. 3d pers. ambest, Paul. ex Fest. p. 4 Müll.), v. a., to [[eat]] or [[gnaw]] [[around]], and [[with]] an [[extension]] of the [[idea]] (cf.: [[adedo]], [[aduro]], accīdo), to [[waste]], [[consume]] ([[very]] [[rare]]; not in Lucr. 5, 396, [[where]] the [[correct]] [[read]]. is lambens; v. Lachm. ad h. l.): flammis ambesa Robora, Verg. A. 5, 752: ambesas absumere mensas, id. ib. 3, 257: vis locustarum ambederat [[quidquid]] herbidum, Tac. A. 15, 5; so Dig. 41, 1, 38.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>ambĕdō</b>,¹⁵ ēdī, ēsum, ĕdĕre, tr., manger, ronger autour : Pl. Merc. 239 ; Virg. En. 5, 752 ; Tac. Ann. 15, 5 &#124;&#124; 3<sup>e</sup>&nbsp;pers. ind. prés. ambest P. Fest. 4, 15.||3<sup>e</sup>&nbsp;pers. ind. prés. ambest P. Fest. 4, 15.
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