ambulo

Catalan

Verb

ambulo

first-person singular present indicative of ambular

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈam.bu.lo/
Rhymes: -ambulo
Hyphenation: àm‧bu‧lo

Verb

ambulo

first-person singular present indicative of ambulare

Latin

Etymology

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”), Latvian aluôt (“to roam”). See alucinor, as well as perhaps alacer.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈam.bu.loː/, [ˈämbʊɫ̪oː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈam.bu.lo/, [ˈämbulo]

Verb

ambulō (present infinitive ambulāre, perfect active ambulāvī, supine ambulātum); first conjugation

to traverse, travel
to walk
Synonyms: deambulō, vādō, cammīnō, adeō, obeō, pergō, baetō, eō, gradior, cēdō, īnferō

Cūr anas in hanc tabernam ambulāvit sī ūvās emere volēbat?
Why did the duck walk into this shop if it wanted to buy grapes?

Conjugation

Conjugation of ambulō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	ambulō	ambulās	ambulat	ambulāmus	ambulātis	ambulant
	imperfect	ambulābam	ambulābās	ambulābat	ambulābāmus	ambulābātis	ambulābant
	future	ambulābō	ambulābis	ambulābit	ambulābimus	ambulābitis	ambulābunt
	perfect	ambulāvī	ambulāvistī, ambulāstī¹	ambulāvit, ambulāt¹	ambulāvimus, ambulāmus¹	ambulāvistis, ambulāstis¹	ambulāvērunt, ambulāvēre, ambulārunt¹
	pluperfect	ambulāveram, ambulāram¹	ambulāverās, ambulārās¹	ambulāverat, ambulārat¹	ambulāverāmus, ambulārāmus¹	ambulāverātis, ambulārātis¹	ambulāverant, ambulārant¹
	future perfect	ambulāverō, ambulārō¹	ambulāveris, ambulāris¹	ambulāverit, ambulārit¹	ambulāverimus, ambulārimus¹	ambulāveritis, ambulāritis¹	ambulāverint, ambulārint¹
passive	present	ambulor	ambulāris, ambulāre	ambulātur	ambulāmur	ambulāminī	ambulantur
	imperfect	ambulābar	ambulābāris, ambulābāre	ambulābātur	ambulābāmur	ambulābāminī	ambulābantur
	future	ambulābor	ambulāberis, ambulābere	ambulābitur	ambulābimur	ambulābiminī	ambulābuntur
	perfect	ambulātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	ambulātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	ambulātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	ambulem	ambulēs	ambulet	ambulēmus	ambulētis	ambulent
	imperfect	ambulārem	ambulārēs	ambulāret	ambulārēmus	ambulārētis	ambulārent
	perfect	ambulāverim, ambulārim¹	ambulāverīs, ambulārīs¹	ambulāverit, ambulārit¹	ambulāverīmus, ambulārīmus¹	ambulāverītis, ambulārītis¹	ambulāverint, ambulārint¹
	pluperfect	ambulāvissem, ambulāssem¹	ambulāvissēs, ambulāssēs¹	ambulāvisset, ambulāsset¹	ambulāvissēmus, ambulāssēmus¹	ambulāvissētis, ambulāssētis¹	ambulāvissent, ambulāssent¹
passive	present	ambuler	ambulēris, ambulēre	ambulētur	ambulēmur	ambulēminī	ambulentur
	imperfect	ambulārer	ambulārēris, ambulārēre	ambulārētur	ambulārēmur	ambulārēminī	ambulārentur
	perfect	ambulātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	ambulātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	ambulā	—	—	ambulāte	—
active	future	—	ambulātō	ambulātō	—	ambulātōte	ambulantō
passive	present	—	ambulāre	—	—	ambulāminī	—
passive	future	—	ambulātor	ambulātor	—	—	ambulantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		ambulāre	ambulāvisse, ambulāsse¹	ambulātūrum esse	ambulārī	ambulātum esse	ambulātum īrī
participles		ambulāns	—	ambulātūrus	—	ambulātus	ambulandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		ambulandī	ambulandō	ambulandum	ambulandō	ambulātum	ambulātū

¹At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Aromanian: imnu / imn, imnari
Catalan: amblar, ambular (borrowing)
English: amble, ambulate, ambulance
French: ambuler (borrowing), ambler (from Old Occitan)
Istro-Romanian: omnu
Italian: ambiare, ambulare (borrowing)
Megleno-Romanian: amnu, amnare
Occitan: amblar
Old Occitan: amblar
Portuguese: ambrar, ambular (borrowing)
Romanian: umbla, umblare
Spanish: amblar, ambular (borrowing)

Possibly through a Vulgar Latin *amnāre < *amlāre:

Asturian: andar
Catalan: anar (in part)
Galician: andar
Italian: andare (in part)
Occitan: anar (in part)
Portuguese: andar
Sicilian: annari (in part)
Spanish: andar
Venetan: ndar (in part)

Possibly through a Vulgar Latin *alāre < *amlāre:

Franco-Provençal: alar (in part)
French: aller (in part)
Friulian: lâ (in part)

References

Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 27
“ambulo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ambulo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
ambulo 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)
ambulo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- a safe journey to you: bene ambula et redambula

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 38

Maay

Noun

ambulo

sorghum

Portuguese

Verb

ambulo

first-person singular present indicative of ambular

Spanish

Verb

ambulo

first-person singular present indicative of ambular

[1] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 38

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