ambiunt
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;
pl. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Miles Gloriosus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...esse hominem. Art. Immo itast. molestae sunt: orant, ambiunt, exobsecrant videre ut liceat, ad sese arcessi iubent..."XVII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...frangit animum quisquis intervenit; abducit, avocat, quisquis adloquitur. ambiunt[ur] cuncta moriendi spatia pro vita. ideo nos mehercules..."