verbthird conjugation, no perfect or supine stems, third person-only in the passive
ambigō
ambigō (present infinitive ambigere)
Classical[ˈam.bɪ.ɡoː]Ecclesiastical[ˈam.bi.ɡo]
Meaning
- to go about
- to wander
- to hesitate, waver, doubt
- to marvel, question, wonder
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
dubitōambigō -ere — in IVLIANVS I: Gallia, ch. 13
Conjugation conjugation 3 perfect
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | ambigō | ambigēbam | ambigam | — | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | ambigis | ambigēbās | ambigēs | — | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | ambigit | ambigēbat | ambiget | — | — | — |
| 1st pl. | ambigimus | ambigēbāmus | ambigēmus | — | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | ambigitis | ambigēbātis | ambigētis | — | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | ambigunt | ambigēbant | ambigent | — | — | — |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | ambigam | ambigerem | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | ambigās | ambigerēs | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | ambigat | ambigeret | — | — |
| 1st pl. | ambigāmus | ambigerēmus | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | ambigātis | ambigerētis | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | ambigant | ambigerent | — | — |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | — | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | — | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | ambigitur | ambigēbātur | ambigētur |
| 1st pl. | — | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | — | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | ambiguntur | ambigēbantur | ambigentur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | ambigātur | ambigerētur |
| 1st pl. | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | ambigantur | ambigerentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | ambige | — |
| pres. 2nd pl. | ambigite | — |
| fut. 2nd sg. | ambigitō | — |
| fut. 3rd sg. | ambigitō | ambigitor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | ambigitōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | ambiguntō | ambiguntor |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | ambigere | ambigī |
| perfect infinitive | ambigisse | — |
| present participle | ambigēns | — |
| future participle | — | ambigendum ambigundum |
gerundambigendī, ambigendō, ambigendum
amb-ĭgo, ĕre (
I. perf. tense not used), v. n. ago.
II. Trop., to wander about; to waver, hesitate, be undecided, to doubt, be in suspense (syn. dubito; class., but mostly in prose).—In this sense in Cic. either impers. or pass.
a. Impers.:
Quale quid sit, ambigitur, is uncertain, Cic. de Or. 2, 26: omnis res eandem habet naturam ambigendi, de quā disceptari potest, i. e. admits of arguments for and against, id. ib. 3, 29: ambigitur, quotiens uter utro sit prior, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 55: de nomine ipso ambigi video, Plin. 33, 1, 4, § 10: adspici aliquando eam volucrem, non ambigitur, it cannot be doubted, Tac. A. 6, 28.—b. Personal:
cui rei primum occurreret, ambigebat, Just. 29, 4: Alexandrum regnum Asiae occupaturum haud ambigere, Curt. 3, 3; Tac. A. 12, 65: causa, de quā tu ambigis, Gell. 14, 2: ambigebant de illis, Vulg. Act. 5, 24.—c. Pass.:
ambigitur status, in quo etc., Lucr. 3, 1074: in eo jure, quod ambigitur inter peritissimos, of which there is a doubt, Cic. de Or. 1, 57; 2, 24: in eis causis, quae propter scriptum ambiguntur, id. ib. 2, 26.—III. Transf.
A. To argue, debate about something:
ut inter eos, qui ambigunt, conveniat, quid sit id, de quo agatur, Cic. Fin. 2, 2: ambigere de vero, id. Or. 36.—B. To contend, dispute, wrangle, etc.: vicini nostri ambigunt de finibus, * Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 90:
ambigunt agnati cum eo, qui est heres, Cic. Inv. 2, 42: de fundo, id. Caecin. 8: de hereditate, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 45: de regno, Liv. 40, 15.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
ambigō ere, only present stem
ambi + ago, to go about, go around, avoid: patriam, Ta.—Fig., to hesitate, waver, doubt, be in doubt about: ius. quod ambigitur, of which there is a doubt: Quale quid sit, ambigitur, is uncertain: adspici volucrem, non ambigitur, cannot be doubted, Ta.: ne quis ambigat decus eam habere, Ta.—To argue, dispute, contend, debate: de vero: cum eo: de quo (fundo) nihil ambigebatur, there was no dispute.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts?
- Latinambigō
Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰíder. Proto-Italic *amβi- Latin ambi- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Latin ambigō From ambi- (“around”) + agō (“to drive, move”).
Descendants
- TranslingualAmbigolimax