ambulatorius
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ambulātor (“walker; idler; peddler”), from ambulō (“walk; travel”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /am.bu.laːˈtoː.ri.us/, [ämbʊɫ̪äːˈt̪oːriʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /am.bu.laˈto.ri.us/, [ämbuläˈt̪ɔːrius]
Adjective
[edit]ambulātōrius (feminine ambulātōria, neuter ambulātōrium); first/second-declension adjective
- That moves about; movable, transferable.
- Suitable for walking in.
- (figuratively) fickle, changeable, wavering
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | ambulātōrius | ambulātōria | ambulātōrium | ambulātōriī | ambulātōriae | ambulātōria | |
| genitive | ambulātōriī | ambulātōriae | ambulātōriī | ambulātōriōrum | ambulātōriārum | ambulātōriōrum | |
| dative | ambulātōriō | ambulātōriae | ambulātōriō | ambulātōriīs | |||
| accusative | ambulātōrium | ambulātōriam | ambulātōrium | ambulātōriōs | ambulātōriās | ambulātōria | |
| ablative | ambulātōriō | ambulātōriā | ambulātōriō | ambulātōriīs | |||
| vocative | ambulātōrie | ambulātōria | ambulātōrium | ambulātōriī | ambulātōriae | ambulātōria | |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- English: ambulatory
- Italian: ambulatorio
- Polish: ambulatorium
References
[edit]- “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.