ambitus
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin ambitus (“circuit, ostentation”). Doublet of ambit.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ambitus (plural ambituses or ambiti)
- (music) the range of a melody, especially those of ecclesiastical chants
- (botany, zoology) The exterior edge or border of a thing, such as a leaf or shell.
- (historical, Roman antiquity) A canvassing for votes.
Translations edit
music
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botony/zoology
Roman antiquity
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Etymology 1 edit
Perfect passive participle of ambiō.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /amˈbiː.tus/, [ämˈbiːt̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /amˈbi.tus/, [ämˈbiːt̪us]
Participle edit
ambītus (feminine ambīta, neuter ambītum); first/second-declension participle
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | ambītus | ambīta | ambītum | ambītī | ambītae | ambīta | |
Genitive | ambītī | ambītae | ambītī | ambītōrum | ambītārum | ambītōrum | |
Dative | ambītō | ambītō | ambītīs | ||||
Accusative | ambītum | ambītam | ambītum | ambītōs | ambītās | ambīta | |
Ablative | ambītō | ambītā | ambītō | ambītīs | |||
Vocative | ambīte | ambīta | ambītum | ambītī | ambītae | ambīta |
Etymology 2 edit
Action noun of ambiō (“I go around, I encircle, I solicit”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈam.bi.tus/, [ˈämbɪt̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈam.bi.tus/, [ˈämbit̪us]
Noun edit
ambitus m (genitive ambitūs); fourth declension
- circuit
- orbit, revolution, cycle
- periphrasis, circumlocution
- show, ostentation, vanity
- bribery
- environment
Declension edit
Fourth-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | ambitus | ambitūs |
Genitive | ambitūs | ambituum |
Dative | ambituī | ambitibus |
Accusative | ambitum | ambitūs |
Ablative | ambitū | ambitibus |
Vocative | ambitus | ambitūs |
Descendants edit
Etymology 3 edit
Perfect passive participle of ambiō.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈam.bi.tus/, [ˈämbɪt̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈam.bi.tus/, [ˈämbit̪us]
Participle edit
ambitus (feminine ambita, neuter ambitum); first/second-declension participle
- having been walked around
- having been gone round
- having been visited in rotation
- having been inspected
- having been solicited
- having been canvassed
- having been circled
- having been embraced
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | ambitus | ambita | ambitum | ambitī | ambitae | ambita | |
Genitive | ambitī | ambitae | ambitī | ambitōrum | ambitārum | ambitōrum | |
Dative | ambitō | ambitō | ambitīs | ||||
Accusative | ambitum | ambitam | ambitum | ambitōs | ambitās | ambita | |
Ablative | ambitō | ambitā | ambitō | ambitīs | |||
Vocative | ambite | ambita | ambitum | ambitī | ambitae | ambita |
Further reading edit
- “ambitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ambitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ambitus 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)
- ambitus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- the period: ambitus, circuitus, comprehensio, continuatio (verborum, orationis), also simply periodus
- to accuse some one of illegal canvassing: accusare aliquem ambitus, de ambitu
- the period: ambitus, circuitus, comprehensio, continuatio (verborum, orationis), also simply periodus
- “ambitus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ambitus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin ambītus.[1][2]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ambitus m inan (indeclinable)[3]
Related terms edit
adjectives
adverbs
nouns
References edit
- ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “ambitus”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
- ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “ambitus”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
- ^ “ambitus”, in Słownik gramatyczny języka polskiego [Grammatical Dictionary of Polish], 2022
Further reading edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
ambitus n (plural ambitusuri)
Declension edit
Declension of ambitus
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) ambitus | ambitusul | (niște) ambitusuri | ambitusurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) ambitus | ambitusului | (unor) ambitusuri | ambitusurilor |
vocative | ambitusule | ambitusurilor |