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amb-ĭo, īvi, and ii, ītum, 4
* V.n. and a. (although from the root eo, it is regularly conjugated throughout; hence part. perf. ambītus; but ambitio and 2. ambĭtus follow the quantity of the simple verb, eo, ĭtum; in the imperf. ambiebat; also ambibat,Ov. M. 5, 361; cf. Prisc. p. 910 P.; Zumpt, Gram. § 215).
* Lit.: aliquid, to go round or about a thing (syn. circumeo): ut terram lunae cursus proxime ambiret,Cic. Tim. 9: ambibat Siculae cautus fundamina terrae,Ov. M. 5, 361: jubet urbem ambiri,Luc. 1, 592.
* Transf.
* To surround, encircle, encompass (syn.: circumdo, cingo): insula, quam amnis Euphrates ambiebat,Vell. 2, 101: ambitae litora terrae,Ov. M. 1, 37: Thracam nec purior ambiat Hebrus,Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 13; Verg. A. 6, 550 (cf. Sen. Ben. 4, 5: flumina campos cingentia; v. ambitus, I.): funiculus ambiebat gyrum ejus,Vulg. 2 Par. 4, 2: muros praealtum mare ambiebat,Curt. 4, 2; so Tac. A. 1, 68; 15, 43; Suet. Aug. 95: (clipei) oras ambiit auro,Verg. A. 10, 243: ambiente (gemmam) circulo coloris aurei,Plin. 37, 10, 60, § 166: Judam suo ambiebat exercitu,Vulg. 2 Par. 13, 13.
* T. t. to designate the manner in which candidates for office sought to procure votes (v. ambitio), to go round after, to solicit, canvass for votes (syn. peto): virtute ambire oportet, non fautoribus,Plaut. Am. prol. 18: quod si comitia placet in senatu habere, petamus, ambiamus,Cic. Phil. 11, 8: ambiuntur, rogantur,id. Rep. 1, 31; id. Planc. 4: singulos ex senatu ambiundo nitebantur, ne etc.,Sall. J. 13, 8.—With acc. of the office: magistratum sibi,Plaut. Am. prol. 74.
* In gen., to solicit one for something, for his favor, friendship, etc., to strive for, seek to gain (syn.: peto, sector): qui ambīssent palmam histrionibus,Plaut. Am. prol. 69: nisi senis amicos oras, ambis, * Ter. And. 2, 2, 36: reginam ambire affatu,Verg. A. 4, 284: conubiis ambire Latinum,id. ib. 7, 333: te pauper ambit sollicitā prece Ruris colonus,Hor. C. 1, 35, 5: ambiebat Jason summum sacerdotium,Vulg. 2 Macc. 4, 7.—With ut or ne: ambienti, ut legibus solveretur,Suet. Caes. 18: ambirent multi, ne filias in sortem darent,id. Aug. 31.—With inf.: donec ultro ambiretur consulatum accipere,Tac. A. 2, 43: pauci, qui ob nobilitatem plurimis nuptiis ambiuntur,Tac. G. 18.
* V.n. and a. (although from the root eo, it is regularly conjugated throughout; hence part. perf. ambītus; but ambitio and 2. ambĭtus follow the quantity of the simple verb, eo, ĭtum; in the imperf. ambiebat; also ambibat,Ov. M. 5, 361; cf. Prisc. p. 910 P.; Zumpt, Gram. § 215).
* Lit.: aliquid, to go round or about a thing (syn. circumeo): ut terram lunae cursus proxime ambiret,Cic. Tim. 9: ambibat Siculae cautus fundamina terrae,Ov. M. 5, 361: jubet urbem ambiri,Luc. 1, 592.
* Transf.
* To surround, encircle, encompass (syn.: circumdo, cingo): insula, quam amnis Euphrates ambiebat,Vell. 2, 101: ambitae litora terrae,Ov. M. 1, 37: Thracam nec purior ambiat Hebrus,Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 13; Verg. A. 6, 550 (cf. Sen. Ben. 4, 5: flumina campos cingentia; v. ambitus, I.): funiculus ambiebat gyrum ejus,Vulg. 2 Par. 4, 2: muros praealtum mare ambiebat,Curt. 4, 2; so Tac. A. 1, 68; 15, 43; Suet. Aug. 95: (clipei) oras ambiit auro,Verg. A. 10, 243: ambiente (gemmam) circulo coloris aurei,Plin. 37, 10, 60, § 166: Judam suo ambiebat exercitu,Vulg. 2 Par. 13, 13.
* T. t. to designate the manner in which candidates for office sought to procure votes (v. ambitio), to go round after, to solicit, canvass for votes (syn. peto): virtute ambire oportet, non fautoribus,Plaut. Am. prol. 18: quod si comitia placet in senatu habere, petamus, ambiamus,Cic. Phil. 11, 8: ambiuntur, rogantur,id. Rep. 1, 31; id. Planc. 4: singulos ex senatu ambiundo nitebantur, ne etc.,Sall. J. 13, 8.—With acc. of the office: magistratum sibi,Plaut. Am. prol. 74.
* In gen., to solicit one for something, for his favor, friendship, etc., to strive for, seek to gain (syn.: peto, sector): qui ambīssent palmam histrionibus,Plaut. Am. prol. 69: nisi senis amicos oras, ambis, * Ter. And. 2, 2, 36: reginam ambire affatu,Verg. A. 4, 284: conubiis ambire Latinum,id. ib. 7, 333: te pauper ambit sollicitā prece Ruris colonus,Hor. C. 1, 35, 5: ambiebat Jason summum sacerdotium,Vulg. 2 Macc. 4, 7.—With ut or ne: ambienti, ut legibus solveretur,Suet. Caes. 18: ambirent multi, ne filias in sortem darent,id. Aug. 31.—With inf.: donec ultro ambiretur consulatum accipere,Tac. A. 2, 43: pauci, qui ob nobilitatem plurimis nuptiis ambiuntur,Tac. G. 18.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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