ambulatorius
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From ambulātor (“walker; idler; peddler”), from ambulō (“walk; travel”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /am.bu.laːˈtoː.ri.us/, [ämbʊɫ̪äːˈt̪oːriʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /am.bu.laˈto.ri.us/, [ämbuläˈt̪ɔːrius]
Adjective edit
ambulātōrius (feminine ambulātōria, neuter ambulātōrium); first/second-declension adjective
- That moves about; movable, transferable.
- Suitable for walking in.
- (figuratively) fickle, changeable, wavering
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | ambulātōrius | ambulātōria | ambulātōrium | ambulātōriī | ambulātōriae | ambulātōria | |
| Genitive | ambulātōriī | ambulātōriae | ambulātōriī | ambulātōriōrum | ambulātōriārum | ambulātōriōrum | |
| Dative | ambulātōriō | ambulātōriō | ambulātōriīs | ||||
| Accusative | ambulātōrium | ambulātōriam | ambulātōrium | ambulātōriōs | ambulātōriās | ambulātōria | |
| Ablative | ambulātōriō | ambulātōriā | ambulātōriō | ambulātōriīs | |||
| Vocative | ambulātōrie | ambulātōria | ambulātōrium | ambulātōriī | ambulātōriae | ambulātōria | |
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- English: ambulatory
- Italian: ambulatorio
- Polish: ambulatorium
References edit
- “ambulatorius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ambulatorius 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)
- ambulatorius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.