English → Latin
“ambrosia” in Latin
ambrosiaThe food of the gods; ambrosia.; The unguent of the gods.; The plant, artemisia, of the genus Artemisia.bōtrusgrape
The English word ambrosia itself goes back to Latin ambrosia.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
ambrosia
ambrosia.
Name of a plant, ambrosia. Chenopodium Botrys (Linn.). According to others, the ἀμβροσία of Dioscorides is Artemisia arborescens.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for ambrosia?
- The usual Latin words for “ambrosia” are ambrosia, bōtrus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.