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 stem, limited 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 supine stem, no perfect stem, only third-person forms in 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
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		ambigere	—	—	ambigī	—	—
participles		ambigēns	—	—	—	—	ambigendus, ambigundus
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.
• “ambiguous”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.