ambitio
Finnish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin ambitiō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑmbitio/, [ˈɑmbiˌt̪io̞]
- Rhymes: -io
- Syllabification(key): am‧bi‧ti‧o
Noun
ambitio
- 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
- A going around or about; that which surrounds.
- A desire for one's favor or good will; excessive desire to please, flattery, adulation.
- A desire for honor, popularity, power or display; ambition; vanity.
- Partiality, favouritism.
- A great exertion.
- (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
- ambitiōsus
Related terms
- ambiō
- ambitiōsē
- ambītor
- ambitūdō
- ambitus
Descendants
- Catalan: ambició
- → Danish: ambition
- → English: ambition
- → Finnish: ambitio
- French: ambition
- Galician: ambición
- → German: Ambition
- Italian: ambizione
- Occitan: ambicion
- Portuguese: ambição
- Romanian: ambiție
- → Russian: амби́ция (ambícija)
- Spanish: ambición
See also
- abitiō
- circumitiō
- cōitiō
- contritiō
- interitiō
- praeteritiō
- prōditiō
- rēditiō
- sēditiō
- transitiō
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