# ambio
## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈam.bjo/
* Rhymes: -ambjo
* Hyphenation: àm‧bio

### Etymology 1

Deverbal from ambiare +‎ -o.

#### Noun

ambio m (plural ambi)
* (horse) amble
    Synonym: ambiadura

##### Related terms

* pigliare l'ambio

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

ambio
* first-person singular present indicative of ambiare

### Anagrams

* bioma

## Latin
### Alternative forms

* ambeō

### Etymology

ambi- (“around”) +‎ eō (“go”)

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈam.bi.oː/, [ˈämbioː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈam.bi.o/, [ˈämbio]

### Verb

ambiō (present infinitive ambīre, perfect active ambiī or ambīvī, supine ambītum); fourth conjugation
* to round, go round, pass around, skirt
** Lucan, Bellum Civile 1.592–593:Mox iubet et tōtam pavidīs ā cīvibus urbem ambīrī […] He soon orders the whole city by the terrified citizens to be marched around […]
* to surround, encircle
** 8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses 1.32–42:Sīc ubi dispositam quisquis fuit ille deōrum congeriem secuit sectamque in membra coēgit, principiō terram, nē nōn aequālis ab omnī parte foret, magnī speciem glomerāvit in orbis. Tum freta diffundī rapidīsque tumēscere ventīs iussit et ambītae circumdare lītora terrae; addidit et fontēs et stagna inmēnsa lacūsque flūminaque oblīquīs cīnxit dēclīvia rīpīs, quae, dīversa locīs, partim sorbentur ab ipsā, in mare perveniunt partim campōque recepta līberiōrīs aquae prō rīpīs lītora pulsant.1922 translation by Brookes MoreAnd when this God —which one is yet unknown— had carved asunder that discordant mass, had thus reduced it to its elements, that every part should equally combine, when time began He rounded out the earth and moulded it to form a mighty globe. Then poured He forth the deeps and gave command that they should billow in the rapid winds, that they should compass every shore of earth. he also added fountains, pools and lakes, and bound with shelving banks the slanting streams, which partly are absorbed and partly join the boundless ocean. Thus received amid the wide expanse of uncontrolled waves, they beat the shores instead of crooked banks.
* to solicit for votes, campaign, canvass
** 54 BCE – 51 BCE, Cicero, De re publica 1.31:Ferunt enim suffrāgia, mandant imperia, magistrātūs, ambiuntur, rogantur, sed ea dant, quae, etiamsī nōlint, danda sint, et quae ipsī non habent, unde aliī petunt.For they hold suffrages, mandate orders, magistracies, are campaigned for votes, have bills proposed to them, but grant that that was to be given even if they didn't want it, and what they don't hate themselves, whence others ask for it.
* to strive to get something from somebody, seek, strive for

#### Conjugation

$^1$At least one use of the archaic "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").

#### Derived terms

* ambiēns
* ambītor
* ambītus
* ambitus
* ambitio
* circumambiō

#### Related terms

* ambulō

#### Descendants

* English: ambition
* Italian: ambire
* Portuguese: ambiar
* Romanian: îmbia
* Spanish: ambir
* Venetian: anbir

### References

* “ambio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “ambio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* ambio 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)
* ambio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co. to solicit the vote or favour of some one: ambire aliquem (always with Acc. of person)