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Italian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Deverbal from ambiare + -o.
Noun
ambio m (plural ambi)
- (horse) amble
- Synonym: ambiadura
Etymology 2
Verb
ambio
- first-person singular present indicative of ambiare
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
ambi- (“around”) + eō (“go”)
Pronunciation
Verb
ambiō (present infinitive ambīre, perfect active ambiī or ambīvī, supine ambītum); fourth conjugation
- to round, go round, pass around, skirt
61 CE – 65 CE,
Lucan,
Bellum Civile 1.592–593:
- Mox iubet et tōtam pavidīs ā cīvibus urbem
ambīrī - He soon orders the whole city by the terrified citizens
to be marched around
- to surround, encircle
8 CE,
Ovid,
Metamorphoses 1.32–42:
- Sīc ubi dispositam quisquis fuit ille deōrum
congeriem secuit sectamque in membra coēgit,
principiō terram, nē nōn aequālis ab omnī
parte foret, magnī speciem glomerāvit in orbis.
Tum freta diffundī rapidīsque tumēscere ventīs
iussit et ambītae circumdare lītora terrae;
addidit et fontēs et stagna inmēnsa lacūsque
flūminaque oblīquīs cīnxit dēclīvia rīpīs,
quae, dīversa locīs, partim sorbentur ab ipsā,
in mare perveniunt partim campōque recepta
līberiōrīs aquae prō rīpīs lītora pulsant.- 1922 translation by Brookes More
- And when this God —which one is yet unknown—
had carved asunder that discordant mass,
had thus reduced it to its elements,
that every part should equally combine,
when time began He rounded out the earth
and moulded it to form a mighty globe.
Then poured He forth the deeps and gave command
that they should billow in the rapid winds,
that they should compass every shore of earth.
he also added fountains, pools and lakes,
and bound with shelving banks the slanting streams,
which partly are absorbed and partly join
the boundless ocean. Thus received amid
the wide expanse of uncontrolled waves,
they beat the shores instead of crooked banks.
- to solicit for votes, campaign, canvass
54 BCE – 51 BCE,
Cicero,
De re publica 1.31:
- Ferunt enim suffrāgia, mandant imperia, magistrātūs, ambiuntur, rogantur, sed ea dant, quae, etiamsī nōlint, danda sint, et quae ipsī non habent, unde aliī petunt.
- For they hold suffrages, mandate orders, magistracies, are campaigned for votes, have bills proposed to them, but grant that that was to be given even if they didn't want it, and what they don't hate themselves, whence others ask for it.
- to strive to get something from somebody, seek, strive for
Conjugation
indicative
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singular
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plural
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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active
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present
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ambiō
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ambīs
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ambit
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ambīmus
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ambītis
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ambiunt
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imperfect
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ambiēbam
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ambiēbās
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ambiēbat
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ambiēbāmus
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ambiēbātis
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ambiēbant
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future
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ambiam
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ambiēs
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ambiet
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ambiēmus
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ambiētis
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ambient
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perfect
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ambiī, ambīvī
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ambiistī, ambīvistī
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ambiit, ambīvit
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ambiimus, ambīvimus
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ambiistis, ambīvistis
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ambiērunt, ambiēre, ambīvērunt, ambīvēre
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pluperfect
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ambieram, ambīveram
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ambierās, ambīverās
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ambierat, ambīverat
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ambierāmus, ambīverāmus
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ambierātis, ambīverātis
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ambierant, ambīverant
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future perfect
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ambierō, ambīverō
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ambieris, ambīveris
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ambierit, ambīverit
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ambierimus, ambīverimus
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ambieritis, ambīveritis
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ambierint, ambīverint
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sigmatic future1
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ambīssō
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ambīssis
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ambīssit
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ambīssimus
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ambīssitis
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ambīssint
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passive
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present
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ambior
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ambīris, ambīre
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ambītur
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ambīmur
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ambīminī
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ambiuntur
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imperfect
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ambiēbar
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ambiēbāris, ambiēbāre
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ambiēbātur
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ambiēbāmur
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ambiēbāminī
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ambiēbantur
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future
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ambiar
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ambiēris, ambiēre
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ambiētur
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ambiēmur
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ambiēminī
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ambientur
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perfect
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ambītus + present active indicative of sum
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pluperfect
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ambītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
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future perfect
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ambītus + future active indicative of sum
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subjunctive
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singular
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plural
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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active
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present
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ambiam
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ambiās
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ambiat
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ambiāmus
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ambiātis
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ambiant
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imperfect
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ambīrem
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ambīrēs
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ambīret
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ambīrēmus
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ambīrētis
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ambīrent
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perfect
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ambierim, ambīverim
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ambierīs, ambīverīs
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ambierit, ambīverit
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ambierīmus, ambīverīmus
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ambierītis, ambīverītis
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ambierint, ambīverint
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pluperfect
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ambiissem, ambīvissem
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ambiissēs, ambīvissēs
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ambiisset, ambīvisset
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ambiissēmus, ambīvissēmus
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ambiissētis, ambīvissētis
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ambiissent, ambīvissent
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sigmatic aorist1
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ambīssim
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ambīssīs
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ambīssīt
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ambīssīmus
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ambīssītis
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ambīssint
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passive
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present
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ambiar
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ambiāris, ambiāre
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ambiātur
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ambiāmur
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ambiāminī
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ambiantur
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imperfect
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ambīrer
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ambīrēris, ambīrēre
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ambīrētur
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ambīrēmur
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ambīrēminī
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ambīrentur
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perfect
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ambītus + present active subjunctive of sum
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pluperfect
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ambītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
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imperative
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singular
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plural
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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active
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present
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—
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ambī
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—
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—
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ambīte
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—
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future
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—
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ambītō
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ambītō
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—
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ambītōte
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ambiuntō
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passive
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present
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—
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ambīre
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—
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—
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ambīminī
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—
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future
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—
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ambītor
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ambītor
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—
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—
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ambiuntor
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ambīre
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ambiisse, ambīvisse
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ambītūrum esse
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ambīrī
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ambītum esse
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ambītum īrī
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ambiēns
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—
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ambītūrus
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—
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ambītus
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ambiendus, ambiundus
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ambiendī
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ambiendō
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ambiendum
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ambiendō
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ambītum
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ambītū
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1At least one use of the archaic "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “ambio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ambio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ambio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- ambio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to solicit the vote or favour of some one: ambire aliquem (always with Acc. of person)