ambio

See also: ambiò

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈam.bjo/
• Rhymes: -ambjo
• Hyphenation: àm‧bio

Etymology 1

Deverbal from ambiare +‎ -o.

Noun

ambio m (plural ambi)

1. (horse) amble

   Synonym: ambiadura

Related terms

• pigliare l'ambio

Etymology 2

Verb

ambio

1. first-person singular present indicative of ambiare

Anagrams

• bioma

Latin

Alternative forms

• ambeō

Etymology

ambi- (“around”) +‎ eō (“go”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈam.bi.oː/, [ˈämbioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈam.bi.o/, [ˈämbio]

Verb

ambiō (present infinitive ambīre, perfect active ambiī or ambīvī, supine ambītum); fourth conjugation

1. 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 […]

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. to strive to get something from somebody, seek, strive for

Conjugation

   Conjugation of ambiō (fourth conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	ambiō	ambīs	ambit	ambīmus	ambītis	ambiunt
	imperfect	ambiēbam	ambiēbās	ambiēbat	ambiēbāmus	ambiēbātis	ambiēbant
	future	ambiam	ambiēs	ambiet	ambiēmus	ambiētis	ambient
	perfect	ambiī, ambīvī	ambiistī, ambīvistī	ambiit, ambīvit	ambiimus, ambīvimus	ambiistis, ambīvistis	ambiērunt, ambiēre, ambīvērunt, ambīvēre
	pluperfect	ambieram, ambīveram	ambierās, ambīverās	ambierat, ambīverat	ambierāmus, ambīverāmus	ambierātis, ambīverātis	ambierant, ambīverant
	future perfect	ambierō, ambīverō	ambieris, ambīveris	ambierit, ambīverit	ambierimus, ambīverimus	ambieritis, ambīveritis	ambierint, ambīverint
	sigmatic future1	ambīssō	ambīssis	ambīssit	ambīssimus	ambīssitis	ambīssint
passive	present	ambior	ambīris, ambīre	ambītur	ambīmur	ambīminī	ambiuntur
	imperfect	ambiēbar	ambiēbāris, ambiēbāre	ambiēbātur	ambiēbāmur	ambiēbāminī	ambiēbantur
	future	ambiar	ambiēris, ambiēre	ambiētur	ambiēmur	ambiēminī	ambientur
	perfect	ambītus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	ambītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	ambītus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	ambiam	ambiās	ambiat	ambiāmus	ambiātis	ambiant
imperfect	ambīrem	ambīrēs	ambīret	ambīrēmus	ambīrētis	ambīrent
perfect	ambierim, ambīverim	ambierīs, ambīverīs	ambierit, ambīverit	ambierīmus, ambīverīmus	ambierītis, ambīverītis	ambierint, ambīverint
pluperfect	ambiissem, ambīvissem	ambiissēs, ambīvissēs	ambiisset, ambīvisset	ambiissēmus, ambīvissēmus	ambiissētis, ambīvissētis	ambiissent, ambīvissent
sigmatic aorist1	ambīssim	ambīssīs	ambīssīt	ambīssīmus	ambīssītis	ambīssint
passive	present	ambiar	ambiāris, ambiāre	ambiātur	ambiāmur	ambiāminī	ambiantur
imperfect	ambīrer	ambīrēris, ambīrēre	ambīrētur	ambīrēmur	ambīrēminī	ambīrentur
perfect	ambītus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect	ambītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	ambī	—	—	ambīte	—
	future	—	ambītō	ambītō	—	ambītōte	ambiuntō
passive	present	—	ambīre	—	—	ambīminī	—
	future	—	ambītor	ambītor	—	—	ambiuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		ambīre	ambiisse, ambīvisse	ambītūrum esse	ambīrī	ambītum esse	ambītum īrī
participles		ambiēns	—	ambītūrus	—	ambītus	ambiendus, ambiundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		ambiendī	ambiendō	ambiendum	ambiendō	ambītum	ambītū

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

• ambiēns
• ambītor
• ambītus
• ambitus
• ambitio
• circumambiō

Related terms

• ambulō

Descendants

• English: ambition
• Italian: ambire
• Portuguese: ambiar
• Romanian: îmbia
• Spanish: ambir
• Venetan: anbir

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^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to solicit the vote or favour of some one: ambire aliquem (always with Acc. of person)