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SMBIT&S (Id.), us, m. a going round 
or about, revolution; a compass, circuit, 
circuitus, in gyrum conversio. Cic. 
Ambitus siderum. Horat. I Et pro- 
perantis aqu® p'er amoenosl ambitus 
agros. Tacit. Satculorum ambitus. 
Patron. Alligata njutuo ambitu'corpora, 
h. e. embrace. -ft Also, the circumfer¬ 
ence or periphery of a circle; a circuit, 
orbit. Sueton. Terrurum, et cteli am¬ 
bitus. Id. Ambitusl lacus. Plin.' Am¬ 
bitus parm®. Id. Folia ambitu serrato. 
Id. Per ambitum, roxoiid about, circuit¬ 
ously. Tacit. Castra lato ambitu.- 
IT Figur. the rounding\of a period; a 
period, full stop. Cic\ Perfectus, et 
completus verborum ambitus. Liv. 
Multos circa unam rem ambitus fece- 
rim, si, &c., I should launch out too wide¬ 
ly, digress too far. Sueton. Pluribus, et 
per ambitum verboruiVi rem enuntiare, 
by circumlocution, periphrasis ; periphras- 
tically. -IT Also, generally in a bad 
sense, an artful condescension or complai¬ 
sance in canvassingfon votes, I soliciting 
popular favor, seeking after office, prefer¬ 
ment, &c., a canvassingl'pr standing for a 
place, compassing it by ewrnest solicitation, 
bribery, courting of popular favor, Sec.., 
<j>i\oripta, Stycis, 7r apayyeXia. Cic. 
Liberal] tatem, ac benignitatem ab am¬ 
bitu, atque largitione sejungere. Id. 
Lex ambitus. Sueton. Lex de ambitu, 
corruption and bribery. Id. Condem- 
nare de ambitu. Cic. Datnnatus am¬ 
bitus. Id. Deferre nomen alicujus de 
ambitu. Fleer. Reus ambitus. Sallust. 
lnterrogare aliquem legibus ambitus. 
Tacit. Pervincere contra ambitum ali¬ 
cujus. JYepos. Effus® ambitus largi- 
tiones. Senec. Segnis hie ibit dies, 
tanto petitus ambitu, besought with such 
earnest solicitation. -IT Also, pride, 
ostentation, parade, boasting. Senec. 
Relinque ambitum: tumida res est, 
&c. Prudent. Ambitus funeris, a pom¬ 
pous funeral procession. 
SMBIVIUM (am and via), ii, n. a xcay 
3 having two paths, a place where two ways 
mcet,au.!poSos. Varr. 
aMB5 (ayipto), ambas, ambo, adj. both ; 
ambo is both taken together ; uterque, both 
taken singly. Terent. Qui utramvis 
recte norit, ambas noverit. Cic. Su- 
mus enim ambo belle curiosi. Propcrt. 
Ambos una fides auferet, una dies.- 
IT Ambo for duo, two. Virg. partes ' e 
via findit in ambas.-IT Ambo for 
ambee. Plaut. Merc. 2, 1, 7. 
iMBRXCIX, as, f. ’ Ay/3paKia, a city of 
Epirus, near the Ambracian gulf, for¬ 
merly the court of king Pyrrhus. Liv. 
- IT Ambraciensis, e, adj. of or 
pertaining to Ambracia. Liv. -IT Am- 
braciotes” ®, m. Ambracian. Plin. Vi 
num Ambraciotes (olvos ’KpSpaKKorys) 
-IT Ambracius, a, um, same ns Am¬ 
braciensis. Plin. Ambracius Sinus. 
Stat. frondes, h. e. corona; laureae-. 
AMBROSrX ( dpSpocia ), te, f. ambrosia, 
the food which the gods are supposed to 
have eaten; fabled by the poets to have 
been the meat of the gods, as nectar was 
their drink. Cic. Non ambrosia deos, 
aut nectare, &c. -- IT Also, an un¬ 
guent of the gods, very efficacious in 
imparting strength, &c. Virg. A. Oeorg. 
v. 415.-IT Also, the name of seve¬ 
ral plants, but particularly that which 
was also called botrys and artemisia. 
Plin. - IT Also, a certain antidote 
against poison. Cels. -- IT Hence, 
Ambrosiacus, a, um, adj. ambrosial. 
Plin. Viti 3 ambrosiaca; so called per 
Imps from its deliciousness.-IT Am 
brosius, a, um, adj. ambrosial, relating 
to ambrosia. Martial. Ambrosia; dapes. 
— Ambrosius is also fragrant with am¬ 
brosia (the unguent of the gods). Virg. 
— Ambrosius signifies also sweet, de¬ 
licious. Silius. Ambrosiis succis. — 
Also, immortal, divine. Claudian. Am- 
brosio sinu. Apul. Ambrosium cor¬ 
pus. 
aMBOBATX, ®, f. same as ambubeia. 
Plin. 
AMBuBAIAE (Syr.), arum, f. musical 
girls from Syria that prostituted them¬ 
selves at Rome. Hor. and Sueton. 
AMBuBEIX, te, f. the common endive, cicho- 
ry, or succory. Cels. - IT In Plin. 
ambugia and ambula are found, meaning 
_ the same plant. 
aMBOLaCIUJM (ambulo), i, n. a place to 
walk in, a xoalk, piazza, gallery, peristyle, 
cloister, xicpUzaros. Plant, and Oell. 
aMBOLaNS (Id.), antis, walking,moving, 
ambulatorius. Martial. Nos offendi- 
mur ambulante coena, h. e. at which the 
dishes are qicickly brought in, and as 
quickly removed. 
aMBOLaTILIS (Id.), e, movable, not fix¬ 
's ed. Vitruv. 
aMB0LaTI 5 (Id.), onis, f. a walking, 
nopda. Cic. Ainbulatio pomeridia. Id. 
Sed hiec arnbulationibus Compitaliciis 
reservetnus. Cels. Ambulatio plana, a 
walking on level ground. -IT Also, a 
wall;, place to walk in, piazza, Sec., xrepi- 
7r arus. Cic. Nihil restabat prteter 
balnearia, et ambulationem, et avia- 
rium. 
aMBOLaTIuNCOLX (ambulatio), te, f. a 
1 short icall;. Cic. -IT Also, a small 
place for walking'in. Cic. 
aMBOLaTOR (ambulo), oris, m. a go¬ 
's er up and down, rambler, wanderer, 
lounger; pedler, izepinurririKOS, qui 
hue, et ill ur ambulat. Coluni. and 
Martial. 
AMBOLaToRICS (ambulator),a,um, adj. 
2 ambulatory, movable, not fixed, mipevri- 
k 6;. Plin. and Vitruv. -TT Also, fit 
for walking upon. Ulpian. Digest. - 
IT Figur. it is applied to incorporeal 
things. Ulpian. Ambulatoria voluntas, 
li. e. changeable, unsettled. Id. Ambula¬ 
toria conditio, It. e. which goes from one 
to another. So, Justinian. Ambulatoria 
actio. Paul. Dig. Ambulatoria legis 
_ potestas. 
aMBOLaTRIX (Id.), Icis, f. a female 
3 wanderer, stroller. Cato. 
aMBOLaTORX (anbulo), te, f. the act of 
3 walking ; an amble, ambling pace. Veget. 
AMBOLaTOS (Id.), .’.s, m. a walking, the 
3 act of walking. Arnob. 
AMB0L5 (for arapulo, from dpitoXm, 
versor in loco ; others from am, round ; 
others differently), as, avi, atum, n. 1. 
to walk, walk along, go afoot-pace or step 
by step ; .to amble, pa&igco, eo, incedo, 
gradior ; to go a walking, walk for exer¬ 
cise,pleasure or business, &cc.,vtpnrartw. 
Plaut. Non domi est, abiit ambulatum. 
Cic. Ambulare cum aliquo in hortis. 
Id. Ambulare in sole. Sueton. Ambu¬ 
lare pedibus per urbem.-IT Also, to 
march. Veget. Pedites educuntur am¬ 
bulatum. —IT But generally, to xoalk, 
■go afoot. Plin. AEgyptii mures bipedes 
ambulant. Cic. Si recte ambulaverit 
is, qui banc epistolam tulit. Id. Triduo 
septingenta millia passutim ambulare. 
Id. Eo modo Ctesar ambulat, ut time- 
am, ne, &c., proceeds so very rapidly, 
that, &c. Plaut. Bene ambula, et re- 
dambula, a pleasant xoalk and safe return 
to you! So, Id. Bene ambulato, a 
pleasant walk to you! —— IT Ambulare 
in jus, to go to laxo. Plaut. and Terent. 
-IT Sometimes as an act. verb with 
the acc. Cic. Maria ambulavisset, h. e. 
per maria. And as a passive verb. 
Plin. Si statim bina stadia ambulentur. 
— Also, impersonally. Varr. Sedetur, 
ambulatur, loquitur. Oell. Cum sede- 
atur, ambuletur.-TT Used also of in¬ 
animate things, as ships, rivers, &c. 
Cato. Amnis, qua naves ambulant, 
sail. Plin. Nilus ambulans, foxoing. 
-- IT Figur. Plin. Caput (legis) per 
omnes leges ambulavit, h. e. xcas in¬ 
serted in all the sxibsequent laics. Ulpian. 
Digest. Ambulat cum domino bonorum 
possessio. Caius. Emptio ambulat per 
piures personas, h. e. transit. 
XMB0R5 (am & tiro), is, ussi, ustum, a. 
3. to bum all about, bum, scorch, parch, 
xtepi<S>\eyo), circum uro. Cic. TJt Clo- 
dius ambureretur. Plant. Qua qua 
tangit, omne amburit. Id. Nimiscale- 
bat, ambureliat gutturem, burned, scald¬ 
ed. Sueton. Amburere partem vestis, 
et capillos. 
aMBuSTIS (amburo), onis, f. a burning, 
2 scorching, or scalding; a burn, scald, 
■rzcpinavaig. Plin. 
aMBuSTOLaTOS (Id.j, a, um, burnt, 
3 scorched, half-x-oastcd, ambustus. Plaut. 
aMBuSTOS (Id.), a, um, half-burnt, 
scorched; burnt. Cic. Hujus ambusti tri¬ 
al 
buni pleb. intermortuseconciones, scorch 
ed. Sueton. Ambustum theatrum. Horat. 
Phaeton ambustus. Tacit. Magna vis 
frumenti ambusta. Plin. Pulli ad ci- 
nerem ambusti, burnt to ashes. -- 
IT Also, injured bx/ cold, benumbed. Ta¬ 
cit. Ambusti multorum artus vi frigo- 
ris. Valer. Flacc. Ambusta pruinis >.u- 
mina.-IT Figur. injured in a mode¬ 
rate degree. Cic. Reliqui.'c fortunarum 
ambust®. Liv. Qui damnatione col¬ 
lege, et sua prope, ambustus evaserat, 
li. c. had come off as it were scorched, had 
barely escaped. So, Cic. Harusp. 3.- 
IT Ambustum, i, n. absol. a bum, scald, 
blister. Plin. Gall® nucleus sedat am¬ 
busta. 
AMeCUM, and AMeCAM, ancient forms 
for amicum and amicam. Fest. 
XMeLLOS (according to Servius, from 
Mclla, a river in Gaul), i, m. an herb or 
flower, supposed to be the same with star- 
wort, share-wort., or elecampane. Virg. 
XMeNaNOS, i, m. a river in Sicily. Ovid. 
-1 r As an adj. Ovid. Amenana flu- 
mina. Others read Amasena. 
aMeNS (a mente, far from his mind), entis, 
adj. out of his mind or wits, beside him¬ 
self , foolish, silly; confounded, distracted, 
senseless, terror-struck, uvoos. Virg. 
Arma amens capio. Id. Aniens formi- 
dine. Liv. Repentino terrore amens. 
— With a gen. Virg. Amens animi. 
--- IT It often signifies insane, mad. 
Cic. Homo amentissimus. Id. Laodi- 
ceni multo amentiores ultro arcessie- 
runt. --IT It is also applied to inani¬ 
mate things, mad, raving. Catull. 
Amenti furore c®cus. Claiulian. Amens 
terror. - IT Also, to those things 
which are done from want of sense, 
foolish, mad. Cic. Amentissimum con- 
_ silium. 
aMeNTIX (amens), te, f. madness, insan¬ 
ity,frenzy,folly, absurdity, avoia,dir6voia, 
dementia. Cic. Animi affectionem lu- 
mine mentis carentem, nominaverunt 
amentiam, eandemque dementiam. 
-IT Also, consternation, stupor, dis- 
_ traction, CKaramg. Ovid. 
aMeNTS (amentum), as, avi, atum, a. 
1. toft or bind with a thong or str w, ; Ij 
hxirl or dart by meaxis of a thong, throxo 
from a thong. Lxican. Jaculnm amen- 
tavit habena. - IT Figur. Silius. 
Amentante Noto, helping or xirgir.g on. 
Cic. Amentata liasta, h. e. an argument 
which one has ready for use ; others ex¬ 
plain it, an argument to which additional 
force is to be imparted. 
aMeNTUM (line.), i, n. a strap or thong 
by meaxis of which javelins and other mis¬ 
sile weapoxis were thrown with greater 
. force, lorurn, quo vinciuntur missilia 
tela ad validius jaculandum. Liv. Hu¬ 
mor jaculorum amenta emollierat. 
Cass. Epistola ad amentum tragal® 
deligata. Virg. Amenta torquent, li. e. 
the weapons, to which the thongs were at¬ 
tached. 
XMkRIX, ®, f. now Amelia, ’Apcpia, a 
city in Umbria. Plin. -IT Hence, 
Amerlnus, a, um, adj. of or pertaining 
to Amcria, Amerian. Cic. 
XMeRTMN5N (dgcpigvov), i, n. a plant 
called heart’s ease, good against melan¬ 
choly. Plin. 
aMES (unc.), Itis, probably masc. a pole 
or staff to stay xip nets, a fowler’s staff, a 
pole or fork for stretching nets; also, a 
pole or staff to support ox- carry other 
tliixigs. Horat. amite levi rara tendit 
retia. Pallad. Amites basternarum. 
XMETHySTINaTOS (amethystinus), a, 
um, adj. clothed in a garment of the 
color of amethyst. Martial. 
XMfiTII ySTINOS (amethystus), a, um, 
3 adj. of the color of an amethyst, of an ame¬ 
thystine pxix-ple, or violet color. Martial. 
Vestes ametliystinre.—Also, absol. ame- 
thvstina, sc. vestimenta. Juvenal. - 
IT Amethystini trientes, cups adorned 
xoith amethysts; others refer it to the 
color of the xcine; and others think the 
cups xcere made of amethyst. Martial. 
XMETIIySTIZoNTES (dgcSverigovTCs), 
resembling the amethxjst in color. Plin. 
XMETHySTOS (dpedvaros), i, f. an ame¬ 
thyst, a precious stone, of a pux-ple or vio¬ 
let color. Plin. - IT Also, a certain 
kind of vine or grape. Columella. 
