ambitus

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

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.

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Latin[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Perfect passive participle of ambiō.

Pronunciation[edit]

Participle[edit]

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

  1. skirted
  2. encircled, surrounded
  3. campaigned, canvassed
  4. sought, striven for
Declension[edit]

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[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ambitus m (genitive ambitūs); fourth declension

  1. circuit
  2. orbit, revolution, cycle
  3. periphrasis, circumlocution
  4. show, ostentation, vanity
  5. bribery
  6. 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]
  • Catalan: àmbit
  • → Middle English: ambyte
  • Italian: ambito
  • Portuguese: âmbito
  • Spanish: ámbito
  • Venetian: anbito

Etymology 3[edit]

Perfect passive participle of ambiō.

Pronunciation[edit]

Participle[edit]

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[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
  • “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]

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Latin ambītus.[1][2]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /amˈbi.tus/
  • Audio 1(file)
  • Audio 2(file)
  • Rhymes: -itus
  • Syllabification: am‧bi‧tus

Noun[edit]

ambitus m inan (indeclinable)[3]

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

Related terms[edit]

adjectives
adverbs
nouns

References[edit]

  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “ambitus”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “ambitus”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
  3. ^ “ambitus”, in Słownik gramatyczny języka polskiego [Grammatical Dictionary of Polish], 2022

Further reading[edit]

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

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French ambitus.

Noun[edit]

ambitus n (plural ambitusuri)

  1. ambitus

Declension[edit]

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
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