verbfirst conjugation
ambulō
ambulō (present infinitive ambulāre, perfect active ambulāvī, supine ambulātum)
Classical[ˈam.bʊ.ɫoː]Ecclesiastical[ˈam.bu.lo]
Mille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- to traverse, travel
- to walk
Cūr anas in hanc tabernam ambulāvit sī ūvās emere volēbat?
Why did the duck walk into this shop if it wanted to buy grapes?
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
pedibus eō, neque currō.ambulō -āre — in Mille Verba, ch. Via et Iter
pedibus eō, gradiorambulō -āre — in Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, ch. 7
to walk
ambulō -āre — in Viri Romae Facillimi, ch. 4, 6
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Ambulare · Spatiari · Deambulare · Inambulare · Obambulare
1. Ambulare (from ambire) denotes taking a walk as a leisurely motion, like going up and down, in opp. both to stare and cubare, and also to currere and salire; Plaut. Bacch. iv. 8. 56. Plin. Ep. ix. 36. Cic. Fat. 5. Fin. v. 17. Sen. Ep. 113. Gell. ii. 9. Sen. Ir. ii. 35. Plin. H. N. x. 38: spatiari denotes motion in open space, as to walk out, in opp. to the confinement which a room imposes. 2. Deambulare denotes going up and down till one is tired; inambulare, within a bounded space; obambulare, with reference to a fixed object, along which one walks, or to a person walking with us. (iii. 48.)
Conjugation conjugation 1
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | ambulō | ambulābam | ambulābō | ambulāvī | ambulāveram ambulāram | ambulāverō ambulārō |
| 2nd sg. | ambulās | ambulābās | ambulābis | ambulāvistī ambulāstī | ambulāverās ambulārās | ambulāveris ambulāris |
| 3rd sg. | ambulat | ambulābat | ambulābit | ambulāvit ambulāt | ambulāverat ambulārat | ambulāverit ambulārit |
| 1st pl. | ambulāmus | ambulābāmus | ambulābimus | ambulāvimus ambulāmus | ambulāverāmus ambulārāmus | ambulāverimus ambulārimus |
| 2nd pl. | ambulātis | ambulābātis | ambulābitis | ambulāvistis ambulāstis | ambulāverātis ambulārātis | ambulāveritis ambulāritis |
| 3rd pl. | ambulant | ambulābant | ambulābunt | ambulāvērunt ambulārunt, ambulāvēre | ambulāverant ambulārant | ambulāverint ambulārint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | ambulem | ambulārem | ambulāverim ambulārim | ambulāvissem ambulāssem |
| 2nd sg. | ambulēs | ambulārēs | ambulāverīs ambulārīs | ambulāvissēs ambulāssēs |
| 3rd sg. | ambulet | ambulāret | ambulāverit ambulārit | ambulāvisset ambulāsset |
| 1st pl. | ambulēmus | ambulārēmus | ambulāverīmus ambulārīmus | ambulāvissēmus ambulāssēmus |
| 2nd pl. | ambulētis | ambulārētis | ambulāverītis ambulārītis | ambulāvissētis ambulāssētis |
| 3rd pl. | ambulent | ambulārent | ambulāverint ambulārint | ambulāvissent ambulāssent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | ambulor | ambulābar | ambulābor |
| 2nd sg. | ambulāris ambulāre | ambulābāris ambulābāre | ambulāberis ambulābere |
| 3rd sg. | ambulātur | ambulābātur | ambulābitur |
| 1st pl. | ambulāmur | ambulābāmur | ambulābimur |
| 2nd pl. | ambulāminī | ambulābāminī | ambulābiminī |
| 3rd pl. | ambulantur | ambulābantur | ambulābuntur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | ambuler | ambulārer |
| 2nd sg. | ambulēris ambulēre | ambulārēris ambulārēre |
| 3rd sg. | ambulētur | ambulārētur |
| 1st pl. | ambulēmur | ambulārēmur |
| 2nd pl. | ambulēminī | ambulārēminī |
| 3rd pl. | ambulentur | ambulārentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | ambulā | ambulāre |
| pres. 2nd pl. | ambulāte | ambulāminī |
| fut. 2nd sg. | ambulātō | ambulātor |
| fut. 3rd sg. | ambulātō | ambulātor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | ambulātōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | ambulantō | ambulantor |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | ambulāre | ambulārī |
| perfect infinitive | ambulāvisse ambulāsse | ambulātum esse |
| future infinitive | ambulātūrum esse | ambulātum īrī |
| present participle | ambulāns | — |
| perfect participle | — | ambulātus ambulāta, ambulātā, ambulātae, ambulātam, ambulātārum, ambulātās, ambulātī, ambulātōrum, ambulātōs |
| future participle | ambulātūrus ambulātūra, ambulātūrā, ambulātūrae, ambulātūram, ambulātūrārum, ambulātūrās, ambulātūre, ambulātūrī, ambulātūrīs, ambulātūrō, ambulātūrōrum, ambulātūrōs, ambulātūrum | ambulandus |
gerundambulandī, ambulandō, ambulandumsupineambulātum, ambulātū
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- bene ambula et redambula
- a safe journey to you.
ambŭlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. regarded by Doed. as a sort of dim. of ambio, but better regarded as comp. of am- and the root of βαίνω, beto, -bito, baculum = βάκπρον, vado, venio; Sanscr. gā = go; Germ. gehen; Engl. go. Curtius.
I. Lit.
A. In gen., to go about, to walk:
cum illā neque cubat neque ambulat, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 56: si non ubi sedeas locus est, est ubi ambules, id. Capt. prol. 12: quem ad modum quis ambulet, sedeat, Cic. Fin. 5, 17, 47: sedetur, ambulatur, Varr. L. L. 6, 1, p. 72 Müll.: ambulatum est, Cic. Leg. 2, 1, 1; Sen. Ep. 113, 15: cum sedeatur, ambuletur, discumbatur, Gell. 2, 2: standi ambulandi vices, Quint. 11, 3, 44: ambulans aut jacens, Plin. Ep. 9, 36; Gell. 2, 9: cum ambulantis Tiberii genua advolveretur, Tac. A. 1, 13: aves aliquae ambulant, ut cornices; aliae saliunt, ut passeres, walk, Plin. 10, 38, 54, § 111: Aegyptii mures bipedes ambulant, id. 10, 64, 85, § 186: claudi ambulant, Vulg. Matt. 11, 5; ib. Joan. 1, 36; ib. Apoc. 2, 1; 9, 20.—Hence, B. Esp., to walk for recreation, to take a walk:
abiit ambulatum, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 96: visus sum mihi cum Galbā ambulare, Cic. Ac. 2, 16, 51: cum in sole ambulem, etiamsi aliam ob causam ambulem, etc., id. de Or. 2, 14, 60: pedibus ambulare, Suet. Dom. 19.—C. To go, to travel, to journey (class.), Plaut. Capt. prol. 12:
quo ambulas tu? id. Am. 1, 1, 185; Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 17: biduo aut triduo septingenta milia passuum ambulare, Cic. Quint. 25; id. Att. 9, 4 fin.: eo modo Caesar ambulat, ut, etc., id. ib. 8, 14 et saep.—Hence, in the comic poets, bene ambula, farewell, a good journey to you, a form oft. used at the departure of any one: bene ambula et redambula, farewell and farewell back, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 120: Ty. Bene ambulato. Ph. Bene vale, id. ib. 2, 3, 92; and absol.: ambula, go, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 139: ambulare in jus, to go into court, go to law: ambula in jus, Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 23; Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 43.—D. To walk about with a certain gravity or importance: licet superbus ambules pecuniā. Hor. Epod. 4, 5; id. S. 1, 2, 25; 1, 4, 66.—
E. Of inanimate things:
amnis, quā naves ambulant, Cato, R. R. 1, 3: Nilus immenso longitudinis spatio ambulans, Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 51: velut intus ambulantem (lucem), id. 37, 9, 47, § 131.—Trop. (only post-Aug.): quod deinde caput translatum per omnes leges ambulavit, was afterwards added to all laws, Plin. 10, 50, 71, § 139; Dig. 4, 4, 15: ambulat cum domino bonorum possessio, ib. 37, 11, 2.—F. Act., esp. with cognate objects, as iter, via, etc., to navigate, sail, pass over, etc.:
cum Xerxes tantis classibus tantisque copiis maria ambulavisset terramque navigāsset, Cic. Fin. 2, 34: perpetuas ambulat illa vias, Ov. F. 1, 122 (cf.: ire iter, viam, etc., Burm. ad Prop. 2, 19, 50).— Pass.: si bina stadia ambulentur, Plin. 23, 1, 16, § 26.—G. In milit. lang. t. t., to march:
ut ter in mense tam equites quam pedites educantur ambulatum, Veg. Mil. 1, 27.—H. In the jurists in opp. to ire:
iter est jus eundi ambulandi hominis, of one going and coming, Dig. 3, 8, 1.—II. Trop. very freq. in eccl. Lat. (like Heb. and N. T. Gr. περιπατέω), to walk, in the sense of to live, with an adjunct of manner or circumstances:
ambulavit Henoch cum Deo, Vulg. Gen. 5, 22: ut ambules in viis ejus (Dei), ib. Deut. 10, 12: qui ambulant in lege Domini, ib. Psa. 118, 1: in circuitu impii ambulant, ib. ib. 11, 9: fraudulenter ambulare, ib. Prov. 11, 13.—So also very freq. in N. T., but only once in this sense in the Gospels: quare discipuli tui non ambulant juxta traditionem seniorum? Vulg. Marc. 7, 5: qui non secundum carnem ambulant, ib. Rom. 8, 1: in carne ambulantes, ib. 2 Cor. 10, 3: honeste ambulare, ib. Rom. 13, 13: ut ambuletis digne Deo, ib. Col. 1, 10: quod non recte ambularent, ib. Gal. 2, 14 et persaepe.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
ambulō āvī, ātus, āre
am- (for ambi) + BA-, to walk, walk about, take a walk: ambulando contrivi diem, T.: in sole: satis ambulatum est.—To go, travel, march: biduo septingenta milia passuum.—To traverse: maria: vias, O.: in ius ambula, go to law, T.—Of gait, to march around, strut about: superbus, H.: tunicis demissis, H.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts?
- Latinambulō
Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰíder. Proto-Italic *amβi- Latin ambi- Proto-Indo-European *h₂elh₂-der. Proto-Italic *alō Latin *alō Latin ambulō From ambi- + *alō (“to wander”), from Proto-Italic *alō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elh₂- (“to wander”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἄλη (álē, “wandering”), ἀλύω (alúō, “to wander in mind, to roam”), Umbrian amboltu, Latvian aluôt (“to roam”). See alucinor, as well as perhaps alacer.
Descendants
- Catalanamblar
- Catalanambular
- Englishamble
- Englishambulate
- Englishambulance
- Frenchambuler
- Frenchambler
- Italianambiare
- Italianambulare
- Occitanamblar