ambitio

Finnish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ambitiō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑmbitio/, [ˈɑmbiˌt̪io̞]
  • Rhymes: -io
  • Syllabification(key): am‧bi‧ti‧o

Noun

ambitio

  1. ambition
    Synonyms: kunnianhimo, kunnianhimoisuus

Declension

Inflection of ambitio (Kotus type 3/valtio, no gradation)
nominative ambitio ambitiot
genitive ambition ambitioiden
ambitioitten
partitive ambitiota ambitioita
illative ambitioon ambitioihin
singular plural
nominative ambitio ambitiot
accusative nom. ambitio ambitiot
gen. ambition
genitive ambition ambitioiden
ambitioitten
partitive ambitiota ambitioita
inessive ambitiossa ambitioissa
elative ambitiosta ambitioista
illative ambitioon ambitioihin
adessive ambitiolla ambitioilla
ablative ambitiolta ambitioilta
allative ambitiolle ambitioille
essive ambitiona ambitioina
translative ambitioksi ambitioiksi
instructive ambitioin
abessive ambitiotta ambitioitta
comitative ambitioineen
Possessive forms of ambitio (type valtio)
possessor singular plural
1st person ambitioni ambitiomme
2nd person ambitiosi ambitionne
3rd person ambitionsa

Latin

FWOTD – 15 November 2017

Etymology

From ambiō (go around).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /amˈbi.ti.oː/, [ämˈbɪt̪ioː]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /amˈbit.t͡si.o/, [ämˈbit̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

ambitiō f (genitive ambitiōnis); third declension

  1. A going around or about; that which surrounds.
  2. A desire for one's favor or good will; excessive desire to please, flattery, adulation.
  3. A desire for honor, popularity, power or display; ambition; vanity.
  4. Partiality, favouritism.
  5. A great exertion.
  6. (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.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ambitiō ambitiōnēs
Genitive ambitiōnis ambitiōnum
Dative ambitiōnī ambitiōnibus
Accusative ambitiōnem ambitiōnēs
Ablative ambitiōne ambitiōnibus
Vocative ambitiō ambitiōnēs

Derived terms

Descendants

See also

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
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