ἀμβροσί-α, Ion.
-ιη, ἡ,
A. immortality,rarein 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 withνέκταρ(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 δ'ἴσον 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 .