# ambitio
## Finnish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ambitiō.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɑmbitio/, [ˈɑ̝mbiˌt̪io̞]
* Rhymes: -io
* Hyphenation: am‧bi‧tio

### Noun

ambitio
* ambition
    Synonyms: kunnianhimo, kunnianhimoisuus

#### Declension

Possessive forms of ambitio (Kotus type 3/valtio, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
ambitioni
ambitioni
accusative
nom.
ambitioni
ambitioni
gen.
ambitioni
genitive
ambitioni
ambitioideni ambitioitteni
partitive
ambitiotani
ambitioitani
inessive
ambitiossani
ambitioissani
elative
ambitiostani
ambitioistani
illative
ambitiooni
ambitioihini
adessive
ambitiollani
ambitioillani
ablative
ambitioltani
ambitioiltani
allative
ambitiolleni
ambitioilleni
essive
ambitionani
ambitioinani
translative
ambitiokseni
ambitioikseni
abessive
ambitiottani
ambitioittani
instructive
comitative
—ambitioineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
ambitiosi
ambitiosi
accusative
nom.
ambitiosi
ambitiosi
gen.
ambitiosi
genitive
ambitiosi
ambitioidesi ambitioittesi
partitive
ambitiotasi
ambitioitasi
inessive
ambitiossasi
ambitioissasi
elative
ambitiostasi
ambitioistasi
illative
ambitioosi
ambitioihisi
adessive
ambitiollasi
ambitioillasi
ablative
ambitioltasi
ambitioiltasi
allative
ambitiollesi
ambitioillesi
essive
ambitionasi
ambitioinasi
translative
ambitioksesi
ambitioiksesi
abessive
ambitiottasi
ambitioittasi
instructive
comitative
—ambitioinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
ambitiomme
ambitiomme
accusative
nom.
ambitiomme
ambitiomme
gen.
ambitiomme
genitive
ambitiomme
ambitioidemme ambitioittemme
partitive
ambitiotamme
ambitioitamme
inessive
ambitiossamme
ambitioissamme
elative
ambitiostamme
ambitioistamme
illative
ambitioomme
ambitioihimme
adessive
ambitiollamme
ambitioillamme
ablative
ambitioltamme
ambitioiltamme
allative
ambitiollemme
ambitioillemme
essive
ambitionamme
ambitioinamme
translative
ambitioksemme
ambitioiksemme
abessive
ambitiottamme
ambitioittamme
instructive
comitative
—ambitioinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
ambitionne
ambitionne
accusative
nom.
ambitionne
ambitionne
gen.
ambitionne
genitive
ambitionne
ambitioidenne ambitioittenne
partitive
ambitiotanne
ambitioitanne
inessive
ambitiossanne
ambitioissanne
elative
ambitiostanne
ambitioistanne
illative
ambitioonne
ambitioihinne
adessive
ambitiollanne
ambitioillanne
ablative
ambitioltanne
ambitioiltanne
allative
ambitiollenne
ambitioillenne
essive
ambitionanne
ambitioinanne
translative
ambitioksenne
ambitioiksenne
abessive
ambitiottanne
ambitioittanne
instructive
comitative
—ambitioinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
ambitionsa
ambitionsa
accusative
nom.
ambitionsa
ambitionsa
gen.
ambitionsa
genitive
ambitionsa
ambitioidensa ambitioittensa
partitive
ambitiotaan ambitiotansa
ambitioitaan ambitioitansa
inessive
ambitiossaan ambitiossansa
ambitioissaan ambitioissansa
elative
ambitiostaan ambitiostansa
ambitioistaan ambitioistansa
illative
ambitioonsa
ambitioihinsa
adessive
ambitiollaan ambitiollansa
ambitioillaan ambitioillansa
ablative
ambitioltaan ambitioltansa
ambitioiltaan ambitioiltansa
allative
ambitiolleen ambitiollensa
ambitioilleen ambitioillensa
essive
ambitionaan ambitionansa
ambitioinaan ambitioinansa
translative
ambitiokseen ambitioksensa
ambitioikseen ambitioiksensa
abessive
ambitiottaan ambitiottansa
ambitioittaan ambitioittansa
instructive
comitative
—ambitioineen ambitioinensa :

#### Derived terms

* ambitiokysymys

### Further reading

* “ambitio”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

## Latin
### Etymology

From ambiō (“go around”) +‎ -tiō. Compare ambitus.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /amˈbi.ti.oː/, [ämˈbɪt̪ioː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /amˈbit.t͡si.o/, [ämˈbit̪ː͡s̪io]

### Noun

ambitiō f (genitive ambitiōnis); third declension
* A going around or about; that which surrounds.
* A desire for one's favor or good will; excessive desire to please, flattery, adulation.
* A desire for honor, popularity, power or display; ambition; vanity.
* Partiality, favouritism.
* A great exertion.
* (in the time of the Republic) The going about of candidates for office in Rome, and the soliciting of citizens for their vote; candidature; canvassing.

#### Declension

Third-declension noun.

#### Derived terms

* ambitiōsus

#### Related terms

* ambiō
* ambitiōsē
* ambītor
* ambitūdō
* ambitus

#### Descendants

* Catalan: ambició
* → Danish: ambition
* → English: ambition
* → Finnish: ambitio
* French: ambition
* Galician: ambición
* → German: Ambition
* Italian: ambizione
* Occitan: ambicion
* Portuguese: ambição
* Romanian: ambiție
* → Russian: амби́ция (ambícija)
* Spanish: ambición

#### See also

* abitiō
* circumitiō
* cōitiō
* contritiō
* interitiō
* praeteritiō
* prōditiō
* rēditiō
* sēditiō
* transitiō

### References

* “ambitio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “ambitio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* ambitio 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)
* ambitio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.