abambulo

Latin

Etymology

From ab- (“from, away from”) +‎ ambulō (“walk”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈbam.bu.loː/, [äˈbämbʊɫ̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈbam.bu.lo/, [äˈbämbulo]

Verb

abambulō (present infinitive abambulāre, perfect active abambulāvī, supine abambulātum); first conjugation, impersonal in the passive

1. (intransitive) I go away, walk away, leave, depart.
   • c. 720-799 C.E., Paulus Diaconus, Epitoma Festi, 26

     abambulantes abscedentes

   • Thesaurus Jurus Romini

     ldeoque quoties a feriis abambulo,nunquam solus aut quiesco aut ambulo

Conjugation

• Impersonal in the passive, only attested as the present active participle, abambulāns.

Conjugation of abambulō (first conjugation, impersonal in passive)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	abambulō	abambulās	abambulat	abambulāmus	abambulātis	abambulant
	imperfect	abambulābam	abambulābās	abambulābat	abambulābāmus	abambulābātis	abambulābant
	future	abambulābō	abambulābis	abambulābit	abambulābimus	abambulābitis	abambulābunt
	perfect	abambulāvī	abambulāvistī	abambulāvit	abambulāvimus	abambulāvistis	abambulāvērunt, abambulāvēre
	pluperfect	abambulāveram	abambulāverās	abambulāverat	abambulāverāmus	abambulāverātis	abambulāverant
	future perfect	abambulāverō	abambulāveris	abambulāverit	abambulāverimus	abambulāveritis	abambulāverint
passive	present	—	—	abambulātur	—	—	—
	imperfect	—	—	abambulābātur	—	—	—
	future	—	—	abambulābitur	—	—	—
	perfect	—	—	abambulātum est	—	—	—
	pluperfect	—	—	abambulātum erat	—	—	—
	future perfect	—	—	abambulātum erit	—	—	—
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	abambulem	abambulēs	abambulet	abambulēmus	abambulētis	abambulent
	imperfect	abambulārem	abambulārēs	abambulāret	abambulārēmus	abambulārētis	abambulārent
	perfect	abambulāverim	abambulāverīs	abambulāverit	abambulāverīmus	abambulāverītis	abambulāverint
	pluperfect	abambulāvissem	abambulāvissēs	abambulāvisset	abambulāvissēmus	abambulāvissētis	abambulāvissent
passive	present	—	—	abambulētur	—	—	—
	imperfect	—	—	abambulārētur	—	—	—
	perfect	—	—	abambulātum sit	—	—	—
	pluperfect	—	—	abambulātum esset, abambulātum foret	—	—	—
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	abambulā	—	—	abambulāte	—
	future	—	abambulātō	abambulātō	—	abambulātōte	abambulantō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		abambulāre	abambulāvisse	abambulātūrum esse	abambulārī	abambulātum esse	—
participles		abambulāns	—	abambulātūrus	—	abambulātum	abambulandum
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		abambulandī	abambulandō	abambulandum	abambulandō	abambulātum	abambulātū

Synonyms

• (go away, leave): abdō, abeō, abscēdō, dēcēdō, discēdō

Antonyms

• (go away): accēdō, adeō, adventō
• (leave, depart): adsum, adveniō, perveniō

Derived terms

• abambulāns

Related terms

• adambulō
• ambulō
• circumambulō
• coambulō
• deambulō
• inambulō

• obambulō
• perambulō
• praeambulō
• redambulō
• superambulō

References

• “abambulo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• abambulo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• abambulo in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016