ambulatorius

Latin

Etymology

From ambulātor (“walker; idler; peddler”), from ambulō (“walk; travel”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /am.bu.laːˈtoː.ri.us/, [ämbʊɫ̪äːˈt̪oːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /am.bu.laˈto.ri.us/, [ämbuläˈt̪ɔːrius]

Adjective

ambulātōrius (feminine ambulātōria, neuter ambulātōrium); first/second-declension adjective

1. That moves about; movable, transferable.
2. Suitable for walking in.
3. (figuratively) fickle, changeable, wavering

Declension

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

• ambulācrum
• ambulātilis
• ambulātiō
• ambulātiuncula
• ambulātor
• ambulātrix
• ambulātūra
• ambulātus
• ambulō

 

Descendants

• English: ambulatory
• Italian: ambulatorio
• Polish: ambulatorium

References

• “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.