I.pres. 3d pers. ambest, Paul. ex Fest. p. 4 Müll.), v. a., to eat or gnaw around, and with an extension of the idea (cf.: adedo, aduro, accīdo), to waste, consume (very rare; not in Lucr. 5, 396, where the correct read. is lambens; v. Lachm. ad h. l.): “flammis ambesa Robora,” Verg. A. 5, 752: “ambesas absumere mensas,” id. ib. 3, 257: “vis locustarum ambederat quidquid herbidum,” Tac. A. 15, 5; so Dig. 41, 1, 38.
amb-ĕdo , ēdi, ēsum, 3 (
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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