Definition of ambio
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Orthography ID = 1001004
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LEM
ambiō, ambīre, ambiī, ambītus
-, -, ambīvī, -
verb (ire conjugation)
  1. to go round, go about
  2. to surround, encircle, encompass
  3. [figuratively] to canvass for votes
  4. to secure by canvassing, win by solicitation, entreat, solicit, court
Abbreviations
ambiō (imperf. ambibat, O., L., Ta.), īvī and iī, ītus, īre ambi + eo, to go round, go about: terram lunae cursus: Siculae fundamina terrae, O.

—To surround, encircle, encompass: ambitae litora terrae, O.: Thracam ambiat Hebrus, H.: moenia, Quae flammis ambit amnis, V.: vallum armis, Ta.

—Fig., to canvass for votes: singulos ex senatu, S.: ambiuntur, rogantur cives.

—To secure by canvassing, win by solicitation, entreat, solicit, court: senis amicos, T.: connubiis Latinum, V.: te prece, H.: nuptiis ambiri, to be sought in marriage, Ta.
 
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