† ambubeyn.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin ambūbēia, ambūbāia.

Etymology: < classical Latin ambūbēia (also ambūbāia) wild endive (Celsus, Pliny), probably < ambūbāia (Syrian) flute-girl and courtesan (see below), so called punningly, as the plant was also called intubus (see intube n.); compare classical Latin tībia flute (see tibia n.) and tuba trumpet (see tuba n.¹).Compare Italian †ambubeia wild endive, also dandelion (1557 in Mattioli's translation of Dioscorides, or earlier). Classical Latin ambūbāia ‘(Syrian) flute-girl’ is < an unattested derivative of Aramaic 'abbūbā, emphatic form of 'abbūb reed, flute, pipe, tube.

Obsolete. rare.

A type of endive, (perhaps) common chicory, Cichorium intybus.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > root vegetables > chicory

hardhewe?a1350

redwort?a1425

chicorya1450

horse-thistlec1450

milk thistlec1450

succory1541

ambubey1585

intybe1666

cat-succory1715

cichoriuma1806

witloof1885

radicchio1892

1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator 122/1 A kinde of wilde endiue like ambubey.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020).

单词	ambubey
释义	† ambubeyn. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin ambūbēia, ambūbāia. Etymology: < classical Latin ambūbēia (also ambūbāia) wild endive (Celsus, Pliny), probably < ambūbāia (Syrian) flute-girl and courtesan (see below), so called punningly, as the plant was also called intubus (see intube n.); compare classical Latin tībia flute (see tibia n.) and tuba trumpet (see tuba n.¹).Compare Italian †ambubeia wild endive, also dandelion (1557 in Mattioli's translation of Dioscorides, or earlier). Classical Latin ambūbāia ‘(Syrian) flute-girl’ is < an unattested derivative of Aramaic 'abbūbā, emphatic form of 'abbūb reed, flute, pipe, tube. Obsolete. rare. A type of endive, (perhaps) common chicory, Cichorium intybus. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > root vegetables > chicory hardhewe?a1350 redwort?a1425 chicorya1450 horse-thistlec1450 milk thistlec1450 succory1541 ambubey1585 intybe1666 cat-succory1715 cichoriuma1806 witloof1885 radicchio1892 1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator 122/1 A kinde of wilde endiue like ambubey. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020). < n.1585
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