ambitiosus
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /am.bi.tiˈoː.sus/, [ämbɪt̪iˈoːs̠ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /am.bit.t͡siˈo.sus/, [ämbit̪ː͡s̪iˈɔːs̬us]
Adjective[edit]
ambitiōsus (feminine ambitiōsa, neuter ambitiōsum, comparative ambitiōsior); first/second-declension adjective
- ambitious (eager for advancement)
- winding, twisting (around)
- (figurative) splendid, flattering
Declension[edit]
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | ambitiōsus | ambitiōsa | ambitiōsum | ambitiōsī | ambitiōsae | ambitiōsa | |
| Genitive | ambitiōsī | ambitiōsae | ambitiōsī | ambitiōsōrum | ambitiōsārum | ambitiōsōrum | |
| Dative | ambitiōsō | ambitiōsō | ambitiōsīs | ||||
| Accusative | ambitiōsum | ambitiōsam | ambitiōsum | ambitiōsōs | ambitiōsās | ambitiōsa | |
| Ablative | ambitiōsō | ambitiōsā | ambitiōsō | ambitiōsīs | |||
| Vocative | ambitiōse | ambitiōsa | ambitiōsum | ambitiōsī | ambitiōsae | ambitiōsa | |
Descendants[edit]
- Albanian: ambicioz
- Catalan: ambiciós
- → French: ambitieux (learned)
- Galician: ambicioso
- Italian: ambizioso
- Portuguese: ambicioso
- Romanian: ambițios
- Spanish: ambicioso
References[edit]
- “ambitiosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ambitiosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ambitiosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.