Deverbal fromambiare +-o.
ambio m (pluralambi)
- (horse)amble
- Synonym:ambiadura
ambio
- first-personsingularpresentindicative ofambiare
ambi-(“around”) +eō(“go”)
ambiō (present infinitiveambīre,perfect activeambiīorambīvī,supineambītum);fourth conjugation
- toround, goround, passaround,skirt
61CE – 65CE,
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 […]
- tosurround,encircle
8CE,
Ovid,
Metamorphoses1.32–42:
- 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 etambītae 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 shouldcompass 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.
- tosolicit for votes,campaign,canvass
54BCE – 51BCE,
Cicero,
De re publica1.31:
- 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
indicative | singular | plural |
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first | second | third | first | second | third |
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active | present | ambiō | ambīs | ambit | ambīmus | ambītis | ambiunt |
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imperfect | ambiēbam | ambiēbās | ambiēbat | ambiēbāmus | ambiēbātis | ambiēbant |
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future | ambiam | ambiēs | ambiet | ambiēmus | ambiētis | ambient |
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perfect | ambiī, ambīvī | ambiistī, ambīvistī | ambiit, ambīvit | ambiimus, ambīvimus | ambiistis, ambīvistis | ambiērunt, ambiēre, ambīvērunt, ambīvēre |
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pluperfect | ambieram, ambīveram | ambierās, ambīverās | ambierat, ambīverat | ambierāmus, ambīverāmus | ambierātis, ambīverātis | ambierant, ambīverant |
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future perfect | ambierō, ambīverō | ambieris, ambīveris | ambierit, ambīverit | ambierimus, ambīverimus | ambieritis, ambīveritis | ambierint, ambīverint |
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sigmatic future1 | ambīssō | ambīssis | ambīssit | ambīssimus | ambīssitis | ambīssint |
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passive | present | ambior | ambīris, ambīre | ambītur | ambīmur | ambīminī | ambiuntur |
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imperfect | ambiēbar | ambiēbāris, ambiēbāre | ambiēbātur | ambiēbāmur | ambiēbāminī | ambiēbantur |
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future | ambiar | ambiēris, ambiēre | ambiētur | ambiēmur | ambiēminī | ambientur |
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perfect | ambītus + present active indicative ofsum |
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pluperfect | ambītus + imperfect active indicative ofsum |
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future perfect | ambītus + future active indicative ofsum |
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subjunctive | singular | plural |
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first | second | third | first | second | third |
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active | present | ambiam | ambiās | ambiat | ambiāmus | ambiātis | ambiant |
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imperfect | ambīrem | ambīrēs | ambīret | ambīrēmus | ambīrētis | ambīrent |
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perfect | ambierim, ambīverim | ambierīs, ambīverīs | ambierit, ambīverit | ambierīmus, ambīverīmus | ambierītis, ambīverītis | ambierint, ambīverint |
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pluperfect | ambiissem, ambīvissem | ambiissēs, ambīvissēs | ambiisset, ambīvisset | ambiissēmus, ambīvissēmus | ambiissētis, ambīvissētis | ambiissent, ambīvissent |
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sigmatic aorist1 | ambīssim | ambīssīs | ambīssīt | ambīssīmus | ambīssītis | ambīssint |
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passive | present | ambiar | ambiāris, ambiāre | ambiātur | ambiāmur | ambiāminī | ambiantur |
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imperfect | ambīrer | ambīrēris, ambīrēre | ambīrētur | ambīrēmur | ambīrēminī | ambīrentur |
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perfect | ambītus + present active subjunctive ofsum |
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pluperfect | ambītus + imperfect active subjunctive ofsum |
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imperative | singular | plural |
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first | second | third | first | second | third |
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active | present | — | ambī | — | — | ambīte | — |
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future | — | ambītō | ambītō | — | ambītōte | ambiuntō |
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passive | present | — | ambīre | — | — | ambīminī | — |
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future | — | ambītor | ambītor | — | — | ambiuntor |
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non-finite forms | infinitive | participle |
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active | passive | active | passive |
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present | ambīre | ambīrī | ambiēns | — |
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future | ambītūrumesse | ambītumīrī | ambītūrus | ambiendus, ambiundus |
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perfect | ambiisse, ambīvisse | ambītumesse | — | ambītus |
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future perfect | — | ambītumfore | — | — |
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perfect potential | ambītūrumfuisse | — | — | — |
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verbal nouns | gerund | supine |
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genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative |
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ambiendī | ambiendō | ambiendum | ambiendō | ambītum | ambītū |
1At least one use of the Old Latin "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used byOld Latin writers; most notablyPlautus andTerence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").
- “ambio”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ambio”, inCharlton T. Lewis (1891)An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "ambio", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’sGlossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- ambio inGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894)Latin Phrase-Book[1], London:Macmillan and Co.
- to solicit the vote or favour of some one:ambirealiquem (always with Acc. of person)