ambiens
Dictionary entries
- Entry →ambio, ambire, ambivi, ambitus:
Verb · 4th conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
go round, visit in rotation, inspect; solicit, canvass; circle, embrace;
acc. sg. pres. act. part.nom. sg. pres. act. part.voc. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
- T
Liber V
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...umor regnarit in arvis. ignis enim superavit et ambiens multa perussit, avia cum Phaethonta rapax vis solis equorum..." - L
Liber V
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...uerticem. [13,3] Hic uentus circumactus et eundem ambiens locum ac se ipsa uertigine concitans turbo..." - L
Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...struimus per decliue circumdatas, ut saepe eundem ignem ambiens aqua per tantum fluat spatii, quantum efficiendo calori..." - P
Liber VI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...adeo publicum consilium numquam adiit, deviis plerumque itineribus ambiens patriam et declinans. [6.16] Interea magna vis accusatorum..."