ambulo

Latin

Etymology

From ambi- +‎ *alō (“to wander”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“to wander”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἄλη (álē, “wandering”), ἀλύω (alúō, “to wander in mind, to roam”). See alucinor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈam.bu.loː/, [ˈämbʊɫ̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈam.bu.lo/, [ˈämbulo]

• Audio (Classical):

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Verb

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

1. I traverse, travel.
2. I walk.

Conjugation

Conjugation of ambulō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		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, ambulāvēre, ambulārunt1
	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
		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
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	ambulā	—	—	ambulāte	—
	future	—	ambulātō	ambulātō	—	ambulātōte	ambulantō
passive	present	—	ambulāre	—	—	ambulāminī	—
	future	—	ambulātor	ambulātor	—	—	ambulantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		ambulāre	ambulāvisse, ambulāsse1	ambulātūrum esse	ambulārī	ambulātum esse	ambulātum īrī
participles		ambulāns	—	ambulātūrus	—	ambulātus	ambulandus
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.

Synonyms

• (walk): cēdō, eō, vādō

Derived terms

• abambulō
• adambulō
• ambulācrum
• ambulātiō
• ambulātor
• ambulātrix
• ambulātūra
• ambulātus
• circumambulō
• coambulō
• deambulō
• inambulō
• obambulō
• perambulō
• praeambulō
• redambulō
• superambulō

 

Related terms

• ambiō
• ambulātilis
• ambulātiuncula
• ambulātōrius
• ambulātrīx

Descendants

• Aromanian: imnu, imnari
• Catalan: amblar, ambular (borrowing)
• English: amble, ambulate
• French: ambuler (borrowing), ambler (from Old Occitan)
• Istro-Romanian: omnu
• Italian: ambiare

• Megleno-Romanian: amnu, amnare
• Occitan: amblar
• Old Occitan: amblar
• Portuguese: ambrar, ambular (borrowing)
• Romanian: umbla, umblare
• Spanish: amblar, ambular (borrowing)

Possibly through a Vulgar Latin *amnāre < *amlāre:

• Asturian: andar
• Catalan: anar (in part)
• Galician: andar
• Italian: andare (in part)
• Occitan: anar (in part)

• Portuguese: andar
• Sicilian: annari (in part)
• Spanish: andar
• Venetian: ndar (in part)

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’s 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
    

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Noun

ambulo

1. sorghum

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Spanish

Verb

ambulo

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of ambular.