ambulo

Catalan

Verb

ambulo

first-person singular present indicative of ambular

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈam.bu.lo/
Rhymes: -ambulo
Hyphenation: àm‧bu‧lo

Verb

ambulo

first-person singular present indicative of ambulare

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts?

Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰíder.

Proto-Italic *amβi-

Latin ambi-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂elh₂-der.

Proto-Italic *alō

Latin *alō

Latin ambulō

From ambi- +‎ *alō (“to wander”), from Proto-Italic *alō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elh₂- (“to wander”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἄλη (álē, “wandering”), ἀλύω (alúō, “to wander in mind, to roam”), Umbrian amboltu, Latvian aluôt (“to roam”). See alucinor, as well as perhaps alacer.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈam.bʊ.ɫoː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈam.bu.lo]

Verb

ambulō (present infinitive ambulāre, perfect active ambulāvī, supine ambulātum); first conjugation

to traverse, travel
to walk
Synonyms: deambulō, vādō, cammīnō, adeō, obeō, pergō, baetō, eō, gradior, cēdō, īnferō

Cūr anas in hanc tabernam ambulāvit sī ūvās emere volēbat?
Why did the duck walk into this shop if it wanted to buy grapes?

Conjugation

Conjugation of ambulō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	ambulō	ambulās		ambulat	ambulāmus	ambulātis		ambulant
	imperfect	ambulābam	ambulābās		ambulābat	ambulābāmus	ambulābātis		ambulābant
	future	ambulābō	ambulābis		ambulābit	ambulābimus	ambulābitis		ambulābunt
	perfect	ambulāvī	ambulāvistī, ambulāstī¹		ambulāvit, ambulāt¹	ambulāvimus, ambulāmus¹	ambulāvistis, ambulāstis¹		ambulāvērunt, ambulārunt, ambulāvēre¹
	pluperfect	ambulāveram, ambulāram¹	ambulāverās, ambulārās¹		ambulāverat, ambulārat¹	ambulāverāmus, ambulārāmus¹	ambulāverātis, ambulārātis¹		ambulāverant, ambulārant¹
	future perfect	ambulāverō, ambulārō¹	ambulāveris, ambulāris¹		ambulāverit, ambulārit¹	ambulāverimus, ambulārimus¹	ambulāveritis, ambulāritis¹		ambulāverint, ambulārint¹
passive	present	ambulor	ambulāris, ambulāre		ambulātur	ambulāmur	ambulāminī		ambulantur
	imperfect	ambulābar	ambulābāris, ambulābāre		ambulābātur	ambulābāmur	ambulābāminī		ambulābantur
	future	ambulābor	ambulāberis, ambulābere		ambulābitur	ambulābimur	ambulābiminī		ambulābuntur
	perfect	ambulātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	ambulātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	ambulātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	ambulem	ambulēs		ambulet	ambulēmus	ambulētis		ambulent
	imperfect	ambulārem	ambulārēs		ambulāret	ambulārēmus	ambulārētis		ambulārent
	perfect	ambulāverim, ambulārim¹	ambulāverīs, ambulārīs¹		ambulāverit, ambulārit¹	ambulāverīmus, ambulārīmus¹	ambulāverītis, ambulārītis¹		ambulāverint, ambulārint¹
	pluperfect	ambulāvissem, ambulāssem¹	ambulāvissēs, ambulāssēs¹		ambulāvisset, ambulāsset¹	ambulāvissēmus, ambulāssēmus¹	ambulāvissētis, ambulāssētis¹		ambulāvissent, ambulāssent¹
passive	present	ambuler	ambulēris, ambulēre		ambulētur	ambulēmur	ambulēminī		ambulentur
	imperfect	ambulārer	ambulārēris, ambulārēre		ambulārētur	ambulārēmur	ambulārēminī		ambulārentur
	perfect	ambulātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	ambulātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	ambulā		—	—	ambulāte		—
active	future	—	ambulātō		ambulātō	—	ambulātōte		ambulantō
passive	present	—	ambulāre		—	—	ambulāminī		—
passive	future	—	ambulātor		ambulātor	—	—		ambulantor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		ambulāre		ambulārī		ambulāns		—
future		ambulātūrum esse		ambulātum īrī		ambulātūrus		ambulandus
perfect		ambulāvisse, ambulāsse¹		ambulātum esse		—		ambulātus
future perfect		—		ambulātum fore		—		—
perfect potential		ambulātūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		ambulandī	ambulandō		ambulandum	ambulandō	ambulātum		ambulātū

¹At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Romanian: umbla, umblare
Aromanian: imnu, imn, imnari
Istro-Romanian: omnu
Megleno-Romanian: amnu, amnare
Catalan: → amblar, → ambular (learned)
Italian: ambiare, → ambulare (learned)
Old Occitan: amblar
- Occitan: amblar
- → Old French: ambler (see there for further descendants)
Portuguese: ambrar, → ambular (learned)
Spanish: amblar, → ambular (learned)
→ French: ambuler (learned)
→ English: ambulate (learned)

Possibly through a Vulgar Latin *amnāre < *amlāre:

Late Latin: andare (see there for further descendants)

Possibly through a Vulgar Latin *alāre < *amlāre:

Franco-Provençal: alar (in part)
French: aller (in part)
Friulian: lâ (in part)

References

Pokorny, Julius (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 27
“ambulo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ambulo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
"ambulo", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
“ambulo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- a safe journey to you: bene ambula et redambula

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 38

Maay

Noun

ambulo

sorghum

Portuguese

Verb

ambulo

first-person singular present indicative of ambular

Spanish

Verb

ambulo

first-person singular present indicative of ambular

[1] De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 38

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