ambitus

English

Etymology

From Latin ambitus (“circuit, ostentation”). Doublet of ambit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæmbɪtəs/
• Hyphenation: am‧bi‧tus

Noun

ambitus (plural ambituses or ambiti)

1. (music) The range of a melody, especially those of ecclesiastical chants.
2. (botany, zoology) The exterior edge or border of a thing, such as a leaf or shell.
3. (historical, Roman antiquity) A canvassing for votes.

Translations

music

• French: ambitus (fr) m
• Polish: ambitus m (indeclinable)

botony/zoology

Roman antiquity

Anagrams

• mitsuba

Latin

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of ambiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /amˈbiː.tus/, [ämˈbiːt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /amˈbi.tus/, [ämˈbiːt̪us]

Participle

ambītus (feminine ambīta, neuter ambītum); first/second-declension participle

1. skirted
2. encircled, surrounded
3. campaigned, canvassed
4. sought, striven for

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
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

Action noun of ambiō (“I go around, I encircle, I solicit”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈam.bi.tus/, [ˈämbɪt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈam.bi.tus/, [ˈämbit̪us]

Noun

ambitus m (genitive ambitūs); fourth declension

1. circuit
2. orbit, revolution, cycle
3. periphrasis, circumlocution
4. show, ostentation, vanity
5. bribery
6. environment

Declension

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

• Catalan: àmbit
• → Middle English: ambyte
  • English: ambit
• Italian: ambito
• Portuguese: âmbito
• Spanish: ámbito
• Venetian: anbito

Etymology 3

Perfect passive participle of ambiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈam.bi.tus/, [ˈämbɪt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈam.bi.tus/, [ˈämbit̪us]

Participle

ambitus (feminine ambita, neuter ambitum); first/second-declension participle

1. having been walked around
2. having been gone round
3. having been visited in rotation
4. having been inspected
5. having been solicited
6. having been canvassed
7. having been circled
8. having been embraced

Declension

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

• “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
    
• “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

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ambītus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amˈbi.tus/

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• Rhymes: -itus
• Syllabification: am‧bi‧tus

Noun

ambitus m inan (indeclinable)

1. (music) ambitus (range of a melody, especially those of ecclesiastical chants)

Related terms

adjectives

• ambicjonalny
• ambicyjny
• ambitny

 

adverbs

• ambicjonalnie
• ambicyjnie
• ambitnie

 

nouns

• ambicja
• ambicyjka
• ambit

 

Further reading

• ambitus in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• ambitus in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French ambitus.

Noun

ambitus n (plural ambitusuri)

1. ambitus

Declension

Declension of ambitus

	singular		plural
	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