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ambro (uncountable, accusative ambron)

1. ambergris (substance derived from the sperm whale, used in perfumes)
   • Lydia Zamenhof (translator), Quo Vadis by Henryk Sienkiewicz, Part 1, Chapter 1,

     Mi hejtigas mian hypocaustum per cedra ligno, surŝutita de ambro, ĉar mi preferas en la vivo belajn odorojn ol malbelajn.

     I shall give command to burn in my hypocaustum, cedar-wood sprinkled with ambergris, for during life I prefer perfumes to stenches. (Jeremiah Curtin translation)

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. from a tribe's name Ambrones? not related to Spanish hambron

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈam.bro/, [ˈämbrɔ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈam.bro/, [ˈämbro]

ambro m (genitive ambronis); third declension

1. (Medieval Latin) a glutton, one who eats much or too much.
2. (Medieval Latin, figuratively) an excessively ferocious or barbarous human being.
   • 12th century, Geoffrey of Monmouth, De Gestis Britonum V.394-395:

     Quod cum abnegauissent puellae, irruerunt in eas ambrones maximamque partem sine mora trucidaverunt.

     When the maiden had refused, these ferocious men immediately rushed in and killed a great part of them.

Third-declension noun.