ambubaia
ἀλλ' ἐπὶ καὶ θανάτῳ φάρμακον κάλλιστον ἑᾶς ἀρετᾶς ἅλιξιν εὑρέσθαι σὺν ἄλλοις → even at the price of death, the fairest way to win his own exploits together with his other companions | but even at the risk of death would find the finest elixir of excellence together with his other companions | but to find, together with other young men, the finest remedy — the remedy of one's own valor — even at the risk of death
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ambūbāĭa: ae, usu. in the plur., am-būbāĭae, ārum, f. from Syr. , plur. = tibia, Vulg. 1 Cor. 14, 7,
I a class of Syrian girls in Rome, who supported themselves by their music and immorality: ambubajarum collegia, * Hor. S. 1, 2, 1: ambubajarum ministeria, Suet. Ner. 27.—In sing., Petr. 74, 13.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ambūbaĭa¹⁵ et ambūbeĭa, æ, f., chicorée sauvage : Plin. 20, 73 ; Cels. Med. 2, 30, 3.
Latin > German (Georges)
(1) ambūbāia1, ae, f., Plur. ambūbāiae, ārum, f. (aus dem syr. abbūb, ›die Pfeife‹), die Flötenspielerin, eine Art Bajaderen, d.i. syrische Mädchen, die in Rom durch Flötenspiel u. nebenbei auch wohl durch ein anderes Gewerbe sich nährten, Sing. b. Petr. 74, 13: Plur. b. Hor. sat. 1, 2, 1 (dazu Fritzsche u. Kießling). Suet. Ner. 27, 2.
(2) ambubaia2 u. ambubeia, ae, f., die wilde Zichorie, Form -aia, Plin. 1. ind. ad libr. 20. c. 29. u. Plin. 20, 73: Form -eia, Cels. 2, 30. § 3. – / Gloss. II, 16, 17 ›ambubia, κιχώρια‹ u. Gloss. III, 359, 76 ›ambuvia, κιχώριον‹.
