ambitiosus

== Latin == === Etymology === ambitiō +‎ -ōsus === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [am.bɪ.tiˈoː.sʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [am.bit.t͡siˈɔː.s̬us] === Adjective === ambitiōsus (feminine ambitiōsa, neuter ambitiōsum, comparative ambitiōsior); first/second-declension adjective ambitious (eager for advancement) winding, twisting (around) (figurative) splendid, flattering ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Descendants ==== Albanian: ambicioz Catalan: ambiciós → French: ambitieux (learned) Galician: ambicioso Istriot: anbisiòſ Italian: ambizioso Portuguese: ambicioso Romanian: ambițios Spanish: ambicioso→ Cebuano: ambisyoso→ Tagalog: ambisyoso === References === “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.