ambitio

== Finnish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin ambitiō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɑmbitio/, [ˈɑ̝mbiˌt̪io̞] Rhymes: -io Syllabification(key): am‧bi‧ti‧o Hyphenation(key): am‧bi‧tio === Noun === ambitio ambition Synonyms: kunnianhimo, kunnianhimoisuus ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “ambitio”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023 == Latin == === Etymology === From ambiō (“go around”) +‎ -tiō. Compare ambitus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [amˈbɪ.ti.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [amˈbit.t͡si.o] === 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. ==== Derived terms ==== ambitiōsus ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== ==== See also ==== === 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, 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.