adambulo

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aˈdam.bʊ.ɫoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [aˈdam.bu.lo]

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 4.5.8–9:

     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 passive, no supine stem)

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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		adambulāre			—			adambulāns			—
perfect		adambulāvisse			—			—			—
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.