ambigo
Latin
Etymology
From ambi- (“around”) + agō (“I drive, move”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈam.bi.ɡoː/, [ˈam.bɪ.ɡoː]
Verb
ambigō (present infinitive ambigere); third conjugation, no perfect or supine stem, limited passive
- I go about
- I wander
- I hesitate, waver, doubt
- I marvel, question, wonder
Conjugation
| Conjugation of ambigō (third conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, only third-person forms in passive) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | ambigō | ambigis | ambigit | ambigimus | ambigitis | ambigunt |
| imperfect | ambigēbam | ambigēbās | ambigēbat | ambigēbāmus | ambigēbātis | ambigēbant | |
| future | ambigam | ambigēs | ambiget | ambigēmus | ambigētis | ambigent | |
| passive | present | — | — | ambigitur | — | — | ambiguntur |
| imperfect | — | — | ambigēbātur | — | — | ambigēbantur | |
| future | — | — | ambigētur | — | — | ambigentur | |
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | ambigam | ambigās | ambigat | ambigāmus | ambigātis | ambigant |
| imperfect | ambigerem | ambigerēs | ambigeret | ambigerēmus | ambigerētis | ambigerent | |
| passive | present | — | — | ambigātur | — | — | ambigantur |
| imperfect | — | — | ambigerētur | — | — | ambigerentur | |
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | ambige | — | — | ambigite | — |
| future | — | ambigitō | ambigitō | — | ambigitōte | ambiguntō | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | ambigere | — | — | ambigī | — | — | |
| participles | ambigēns | — | — | — | — | ambigendus, ambigundus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| ambigendī | ambigendō | ambigendum | ambigendō | — | — | ||
Derived terms
- ambiguus
Related terms
- ambactus
References
- ambigo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ambigo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ambigo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- ambiguous in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911