ambio
See also: ambiò
Italian
Verb
ambio
- first-person singular present indicative of ambiare
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Latin
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Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈam.bi.oː/
Verb
ambiō (present infinitive ambīre, perfect active ambīvī, supine ambītum); fourth conjugation
- I round, go round, pass around, skirt
- I surround, encircle
- I solicit for votes, campaign, canvass
- I strive to get something from somebody, seek, strive for
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Possibly through a Vulgar Latin frequentative *ambitāre (*ambitō):
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, 1883–1887)
- ambio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to solicit the vote or favour of some one: ambire aliquem (always with Acc. of person)
- to solicit the vote or favour of some one: ambire aliquem (always with Acc. of person)
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