ambrosia
νήπιοι, οἷς ταύτῃ κεῖται νόος, οὐδὲ ἴσασιν ὡς χρόνος ἔσθ᾿ ἥβης καὶ βιότου ὀλίγος θνητοῖς. ἀλλὰ σὺ ταῦτα μαθὼν βιότου ποτὶ τέρμα ψυχῇ τῶν ἀγαθῶν τλῆθι χαριζόμενος → fools, to think like that and not realise that mortals' time for youth and life is brief: you must take note of this, and since you are near the end of your life endure, indulging yourself with good things | Poor fools they to think so and not to know that the time of youth and life is but short for such as be mortal! Wherefore be thou wise in time, and fail not when the end is near to give thy soul freely of the best.
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
Latin > English
ambrosia ambrosiae N F :: food of the gods, ambrosia; fabulous healing plant/juice; antidote (to poison)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ambrŏsĭa: ae, f., = ἀμβροσία.
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).—
II Transf.
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.—
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.—
C An antidote to poison, Cels. 5, 23.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) ambrŏsĭa,¹⁴ æ, f. (ἀμβροσία),
1 ambroisie [nourriture des dieux] : Cic. Tusc. 1, 65 || [servant à oindre le corps] Virg. G. 4, 415
2 botrys [plante] : Plin. 27, 28
3 nom d’un contre-poison : Cels. Med. 5, 23, 2.
Latin > German (Georges)
ambrosia, ae, f. (ἀμβροσία), Ambrosia, I) eig., als unsterblich Machendes: a) die Götterspeise (wie nectar, der »Göttertrank«), Cic. Tusc. 1, 55. Catull. 99, 2: nulla ambr. ac nectar, Varr. sat. Men. 417: dah. orator ambrosiā alendus, gleichs. ein Gott unter den Rednern, von einem vorzüglichen Redner, Cic. de or. 2, 234. – als Futter der Sonnenpferde, Ov. met. 2, 120 u. 4, 215. – b) die Göttersalbe, ein Duftöl, ein Mittel, das verschönert u. den Körper jugendlich frisch erhält, Sterbliche unsterblich macht, Verg. georg. 4, 415; Aen. 12, 419; bes. Ov. met. 14, 606. – c) (solöz. = nectar) der Göttertrank, ambrosiae poculum, Apul. met. 6, 23. – II) übtr.: a) anderer Name der sonst botrys od. artemisia gen. Pflanze, türkischer Beifuß (Chenopodium botrys, L.), Plin. 27, 28. – b) Name einer Traubenart, Plin. 14, 40. – c) Name eines Gegengiftes des Zopyrus, Cels. 5, 23, 2 (§ 10). – u. eines andern Arzneimittels des Junius Priskus, Marc. Emp. 23.
