ambitio

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈɑmbitio], X-SAMPA: ["Ambitio]
• Hyphenation: am‧bi‧ti‧o

Noun

ambitio

1. ambition

Declension

Declension of ambitio (type valtio) singular plural nominative ambitio ambitiot genitive ambition ambitioiden ambitioitten partitive ambitiota ambitioita accusative ambitio ambition ambitiot inessive ambitiossa ambitioissa elative ambitiosta ambitioista illative ambitioon ambitioihin adessive ambitiolla ambitioilla ablative ambitiolta ambitioilta allative ambitiolle ambitioille essive ambitiona ambitioina translative ambitioksi ambitioiksi instructive – ambitioin abessive ambitiotta ambitioitta comitative – ambitioineen

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Latin

Etymology

From ambiō (“go around”).

Noun

ambitiō (genitive ambitiōnis); f, third declension

1. A going around or about; that which surrounds.
2. A desire for one's favor or good will; excessive desire to please, flattery, adulation.
3. A desire for honor, popularity, power or display; ambition; vanity.
4. Partiality, favouritism.
5. A great exertion.
6. (in the time of the Republic) The going about of candidates for office in Rome, and the soliciting of citizens for their vote; candidature; canvassing.

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	ambitiō	ambitiōnēs
genitive	ambitiōnis	ambitiōnum
dative	ambitiōnī	ambitiōnibus
accusative	ambitiōnem	ambitiōnēs
ablative	ambitiōne	ambitiōnibus
vocative	ambitiō	ambitiōnēs

Derived terms

• ambitiōsus

Related terms

ambiō ambitiōsē ambītor

ambitūdō ambitus

Descendants

Catalan: ambició Danish: ambition English: ambition Finnish: ambitio French: ambition Galician: ambición German: Ambition

Italian: ambizione Occitan: ambicion Portuguese: ambição Romanian: ambiție Russian: амби́ция (ambícija) f Spanish: ambición