adambulo

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈdam.bu.loː/, [äˈd̪ämbʊɫ̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈdam.bu.lo/, [äˈd̪ämbulo]

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:

     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 supine stem, active only)
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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		adambulāre	adambulāvisse	—	—	—	—
participles		adambulāns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		adambulandī	adambulandō	adambulandum	adambulandō	—	—

Related terms

• abambulō
• ambulō
• circumambulō
• coambulō
• deambulō
• inambulō
• obambulō
• perambulō
• praeambulō
• redambulō
• superambulō

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.