amburbium Latin · revision 9896

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Historia Augusta|origins=ine-pro *wr̥bʰ-}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''amburbium''' ''n'' (genitive amburbiī or amburbī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[ambi-]] “around” and [[urbs]] “city”, with the suffix [[-ium]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨urbs⟩ to [[itc-pro|*worf-(i-)]], from [[ine-pro|*w(o)rbʰ-(i-)|t=enclosure]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's earliest source is the ''Historia Augusta'', which he dates to the 4th–5th century AD.^(Köbler 2010) Servius on Virgil's ''Eclogues'' also explains it.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was the annual expiatory procession round the city of Rome, at which the sacrificial victim was led round the city.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 4th–5th century AD – The ''Historia Augusta'' uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # An expiatory [[m|en|procession]] round Rome.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[amburbiālis]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[urbs]]

+ * [[ambarvālia]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}