adambulo

adambulo

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Italic *ad
Proto-Italic *ad-
Latin ad-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰider.
Proto-Italic *amβi
Latin ambi-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂elh₂-der.
Proto-Italic *alō
Latin *alō
Latin ambulō
Latin adambulō

    From ad- (“near, at; towards, to”) + ambulō (“walk; traverse”).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    adambulō (present infinitive adambulāre, perfect active adambulāvī); first conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

    1. (before or after ad or with dative) to walk about, at, before, beside or near something
      • c. 190 BCE, Plautus, Bacchides 4.5.8–9:
        Adambulabo ad ostium ut quando exeat / extemplo advenienti ei tabellas dem in manum.
        I'll walk before the door, that when he comes out, at once as he comes up, I may put the letters in his hand.

    Conjugation

       Conjugation of adambulō (first conjugation, no passive, no supine stem)
    indicative singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present adambulō adambulās adambulat adambulāmus adambulātis adambulant
    imperfect adambulābam adambulābās adambulābat adambulābāmus adambulābātis adambulābant
    future adambulābō adambulābis adambulābit adambulābimus adambulābitis adambulābunt
    perfect adambulāvī adambulāvistī adambulāvit adambulāvimus adambulāvistis adambulāvērunt,
    adambulāvēre
    pluperfect adambulāveram adambulāverās adambulāverat adambulāverāmus adambulāverātis adambulāverant
    future perfect adambulāverō adambulāveris adambulāverit adambulāverimus adambulāveritis adambulāverint
    subjunctive singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present adambulem adambulēs adambulet adambulēmus adambulētis adambulent
    imperfect adambulārem adambulārēs adambulāret adambulārēmus adambulārētis adambulārent
    perfect adambulāverim adambulāverīs adambulāverit adambulāverīmus adambulāverītis adambulāverint
    pluperfect adambulāvissem adambulāvissēs adambulāvisset adambulāvissēmus adambulāvissētis adambulāvissent
    imperative singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present — adambulā — — adambulāte —
    future — adambulātō adambulātō — adambulātōte adambulantō
    non-finite forms infinitive participle
    active passive active passive
    present adambulāre — adambulāns —
    perfect adambulāvisse — — —
    verbal nouns gerund supine
    genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
    adambulandī adambulandō adambulandum adambulandō — —

    References

    • “adambulo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “adambulo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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