Ambarvaln.adj.

Brit.

/amˈbɑːvəl/, U.S.

/æmˈbɑrvəl/

Forms: also with lower-case initial.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French ambarvale, ambarvales; Latin ambarvālis.

Etymology: < (i) Middle French, French ambarvale, adjective (1599), ambarvales, plural noun (1611), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin ambarvālis, adjective (see Ambarvalia n.). With use as adjective compare earlier Ambarvalian adj.

Roman History.

†A. n.

The ancient Roman fertility ritual of Ambarvalia, celebrated at various times of the growing season, and featuring the ceremonial sacrifice of animals. See Ambarvalia n. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1600 R. S. tr. P. de Mornay Fowre Bks. i. vii. 54 At this time also the Letanies or supplications were hatched..: not without some imitatation of the Pagans their Ambaruales [Fr. Ambaruales].

1700 H. Chauncy Hist. Antiq. Herts. 4 In the Summer following, between the Ambarvals (which is Rogation Week) and the Solstice, he caused a good part of his Army to build the other part of this Burrough on the South side of the Ligean or the Lea.

B. adj.

Of or relating to, or occurring during, the festival of Ambarvalia; spec. relating to a procession featuring the ceremonial sacrifice of animals; = amburbial adj.

ΚΠ

1705 W. Lewis tr. Ld. Herbert Antient Relig. Gentiles xv. 361 Romulus instituted Twelve Arval Brothers, who perform'd the Ambarval Sacrifices [L. hostiarum Ambarvalium].

1759 J. Grainger Poet. Transl. Elegies of Tibullus II. ii. i. 7 Some Criticks contend, that Tibullus, in this Elegy, does not describe the Ambarval Ceremony.

1828 A. Herbert Nimrod III. i. 211 The ambarval victim was very often a pregnant sow.

1988 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 109 525 A place between the fifth and sixth milestones where Strabo says that there was an ambarval sacrifice which he calls Ambarvia.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	ambarval
释义	Ambarvaln.adj. Brit. /amˈbɑːvəl/, U.S. /æmˈbɑrvəl/ Forms: also with lower-case initial. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French ambarvale, ambarvales; Latin ambarvālis. Etymology: < (i) Middle French, French ambarvale, adjective (1599), ambarvales, plural noun (1611), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin ambarvālis, adjective (see Ambarvalia n.). With use as adjective compare earlier Ambarvalian adj. Roman History. †A. n. The ancient Roman fertility ritual of Ambarvalia, celebrated at various times of the growing season, and featuring the ceremonial sacrifice of animals. See Ambarvalia n. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1600 R. S. tr. P. de Mornay Fowre Bks. i. vii. 54 At this time also the Letanies or supplications were hatched..: not without some imitatation of the Pagans their Ambaruales [Fr. Ambaruales]. 1700 H. Chauncy Hist. Antiq. Herts. 4 In the Summer following, between the Ambarvals (which is Rogation Week) and the Solstice, he caused a good part of his Army to build the other part of this Burrough on the South side of the Ligean or the Lea. B. adj. Of or relating to, or occurring during, the festival of Ambarvalia; spec. relating to a procession featuring the ceremonial sacrifice of animals; = amburbial adj. ΚΠ 1705 W. Lewis tr. Ld. Herbert Antient Relig. Gentiles xv. 361 Romulus instituted Twelve Arval Brothers, who perform'd the Ambarval Sacrifices [L. hostiarum Ambarvalium]. 1759 J. Grainger Poet. Transl. Elegies of Tibullus II. ii. i. 7 Some Criticks contend, that Tibullus, in this Elegy, does not describe the Ambarval Ceremony. 1828 A. Herbert Nimrod III. i. 211 The ambarval victim was very often a pregnant sow. 1988 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 109 525 A place between the fifth and sixth milestones where Strabo says that there was an ambarval sacrifice which he calls Ambarvia. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.1600
随便看	borwen borzoi borzois bos'n bos'ns boscage boscages boscaresque bosch bosch butter bosch-bok bosch-man bosch-vark boschbok boschboks bosche bosches boschman boschvark bosco bose bose condensation bose statistics boser bose–einstein