ambitiosus
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [am.bɪ.tiˈoː.sʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [am.bit.t͡siˈɔː.s̬us]
Adjective
ambitiōsus (feminine ambitiōsa, neuter ambitiōsum, comparative ambitiōsior); first/second-declension adjective
- ambitious (eager for advancement)
- winding, twisting (around)
- (figurative) splendid, flattering
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | ambitiōsus | ambitiōsa | ambitiōsum | ambitiōsī | ambitiōsae | ambitiōsa | |
| genitive | ambitiōsī | ambitiōsae | ambitiōsī | ambitiōsōrum | ambitiōsārum | ambitiōsōrum | |
| dative | ambitiōsō | ambitiōsae | ambitiōsō | ambitiōsīs | |||
| accusative | ambitiōsum | ambitiōsam | ambitiōsum | ambitiōsōs | ambitiōsās | ambitiōsa | |
| ablative | ambitiōsō | ambitiōsā | ambitiōsō | ambitiōsīs | |||
| vocative | ambitiōse | ambitiōsa | ambitiōsum | ambitiōsī | ambitiōsae | ambitiōsa | |
Descendants
- Albanian: ambicioz
- Catalan: ambiciós
- → French: ambitieux (learned)
- Galician: ambicioso
- Istriot: anbisiòſ
- Italian: ambizioso
- Portuguese: ambicioso
- Romanian: ambițios
- Spanish: ambicioso
References
- “ambitiosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ambitiosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ambitiosus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.