ambulo

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Catalan

Verb

ambulo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of ambular

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈam.bu.lo/
  • Rhymes: -ambulo
  • Hyphenation: àm‧bu‧lo

Verb

ambulo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of ambulare

Latin

Etymology

From ambi- +‎ *alō (“to wander”), from Proto-Italic *alō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elh₂- (“to wander”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἄλη (álē, “wandering”), ἀλύω (alúō, “to wander in mind, to roam”), Umbrian amboltu, Latvian aluôt (“to roam”). See alucinor, as well as perhaps alacer.

Pronunciation

Verb

ambulō (present infinitive ambulāre, perfect active ambulāvī, supine ambulātum); first conjugation

  1. to traverse, travel
  2. to walk
    Synonyms: deambulō, vādō, cammīnō, adeō, obeō, pergō, baetō, eō, gradior, cēdō, īnferō
    Cūr anas in hanc tabernam ambulāvit sī ūvās emere volēbat?
    Why did the duck walk into this shop if it wanted to buy grapes?

Conjugation

   Conjugation of ambulō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present ambulō ambulās ambulat ambulāmus ambulātis ambulant
imperfect ambulābam ambulābās ambulābat ambulābāmus ambulābātis ambulābant
future ambulābō ambulābis ambulābit ambulābimus ambulābitis ambulābunt
perfect ambulāvī ambulāvistī,
ambulāstī1 		ambulāvit,
ambulāt1 		ambulāvimus,
ambulāmus1 		ambulāvistis,
ambulāstis1 		ambulāvērunt,
ambulārunt,
ambulāvēre1
pluperfect ambulāveram,
ambulāram1 		ambulāverās,
ambulārās1 		ambulāverat,
ambulārat1 		ambulāverāmus,
ambulārāmus1 		ambulāverātis,
ambulārātis1 		ambulāverant,
ambulārant1
future perfect ambulāverō,
ambulārō1 		ambulāveris,
ambulāris1 		ambulāverit,
ambulārit1 		ambulāverimus,
ambulārimus1 		ambulāveritis,
ambulāritis1 		ambulāverint,
ambulārint1
passive present ambulor ambulāris,
ambulāre 		ambulātur ambulāmur ambulāminī ambulantur
imperfect ambulābar ambulābāris,
ambulābāre 		ambulābātur ambulābāmur ambulābāminī ambulābantur
future ambulābor ambulāberis,
ambulābere 		ambulābitur ambulābimur ambulābiminī ambulābuntur
perfect ambulātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect ambulātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect ambulātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present ambulem ambulēs ambulet ambulēmus ambulētis ambulent
imperfect ambulārem ambulārēs ambulāret ambulārēmus ambulārētis ambulārent
perfect ambulāverim,
ambulārim1 		ambulāverīs,
ambulārīs1 		ambulāverit,
ambulārit1 		ambulāverīmus,
ambulārīmus1 		ambulāverītis,
ambulārītis1 		ambulāverint,
ambulārint1
pluperfect ambulāvissem,
ambulāssem1 		ambulāvissēs,
ambulāssēs1 		ambulāvisset,
ambulāsset1 		ambulāvissēmus,
ambulāssēmus1 		ambulāvissētis,
ambulāssētis1 		ambulāvissent,
ambulāssent1
passive present ambuler ambulēris,
ambulēre 		ambulētur ambulēmur ambulēminī ambulentur
imperfect ambulārer ambulārēris,
ambulārēre 		ambulārētur ambulārēmur ambulārēminī ambulārentur
perfect ambulātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect ambulātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — ambulā — — ambulāte —
future — ambulātō ambulātō — ambulātōte ambulantō
passive present — ambulāre — — ambulāminī —
future — ambulātor ambulātor — — ambulantor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present ambulāre ambulārī ambulāns —
future ambulātūrum esse ambulātum īrī ambulātūrus ambulandus
perfect ambulāvisse,
ambulāsse1 		ambulātum esse — ambulātus
future perfect — ambulātum fore — —
perfect potential ambulātūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
ambulandī ambulandō ambulandum ambulandō ambulātum ambulātū

1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

Descendants

Possibly through a Vulgar Latin *amnāre < *amlāre:

Possibly through a Vulgar Latin *alāre < *amlāre:

  • Franco-Provençal: alar (in part)
  • French: aller (in part)
  • Friulian: lâ (in part)

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 38

Maay

Noun

ambulo

  1. sorghum

Portuguese

Verb

ambulo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of ambular

Spanish

Verb

ambulo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of ambular
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