ambigo

Latin

Etymology

From ambi- (“around”) +‎ agō (“I drive, move”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈam.bi.ɡoː/, [ˈämbɪɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈam.bi.ɡo/, [ˈämbiɡo]

Verb

ambigō (present infinitive ambigere); third conjugation, no perfect or supine stems, third person-only in the passive

1. to go about
2. to wander
3. to hesitate, waver, doubt
4. to marvel, question, wonder

Conjugation

   Conjugation of ambigō (third conjugation, no perfect or supine stems, third person-only in the passive)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	ambigō		ambigis		ambigit		ambigimus		ambigitis		ambigunt
	imperfect	ambigēbam		ambigēbās		ambigēbat		ambigēbāmus		ambigēbātis		ambigēbant
	future	ambigam		ambigēs		ambiget		ambigēmus		ambigētis		ambigent
passive	present	—		—		ambigitur		—		—		ambiguntur
	imperfect	—		—		ambigēbātur		—		—		ambigēbantur
	future	—		—		ambigētur		—		—		ambigentur
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	ambigam		ambigās		ambigat		ambigāmus		ambigātis		ambigant
	imperfect	ambigerem		ambigerēs		ambigeret		ambigerēmus		ambigerētis		ambigerent
passive	present	—		—		ambigātur		—		—		ambigantur
	imperfect	—		—		ambigerētur		—		—		ambigerentur
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		ambige		—		—		ambigite		—
	future	—		ambigitō		ambigitō		—		ambigitōte		ambiguntō
passive	future	—		—		ambigitor		—		—		ambiguntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		ambigere			ambigī			ambigēns			—
future		—			—			—			ambigendum, ambigundum
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		ambigendī		ambigendō		ambigendum		ambigendō		—		—

Derived terms

• ambiguus

Related terms

• ambactus

Descendants

• ⇒ Translingual: Ambigolimax

References

• “ambigo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ambigo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ambigo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “ambiguous”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.