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ambūbāĭa, ae, usu. in the plur., am-būbāĭae, ārum, f. [from Syr. [??], plur. [??] = tibia, Vulg. 1 Cor. 14, 7], a class of Syrian girls in Rome, who supported themselves by their music and immorality: ambubajarum collegia, * Hor. S. 1, 2, 1: ambubajarum ministeria, Suet. Ner. 27.
In sing., Petr. 74, 13.

ambubēĭa, ae, f., wild succory or endive, Cels. 2, 30; Plin. 20, 8, 29, § 73; cf. id. 20, 8, 29, 1 ind. 20, 30, p. 68 Sillig.

ambŭlācrum, i, n. [ambulo], a walk planted with trees, commonly near a house (only ante-and post-class. for the class. ambulatio), Fest. p. 18: senex Gynaeceum aedificare volt hic in suis Et balineas et ambulacrum et porticum, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 69: longa et mollia ambulacra, * Gell. 1, 2, 2; Pall. 1, 18, 2.

* ambŭlātĭlis, e, adj. [ambulo], walking about; hence, movable, Vitr. 10, 13.

ambŭlātĭo, ōnis, f. [ambulo], a walking about, a walk (only in prose, oftenest in Cic.).

  1. I. Lit.: ambulationem pomeridianam conficere in Academiā, Cic. Fin. 5, 1: compitaliciae, id. Att. 2, 3: ventum est in ambulationem, id. de Or. 1, 7, 26: recta, flexuosa, Cels. 1, 2.
    Of the orator on the platform: conveniet etiam ambulatio quaedam propter immodicas laudationum moras, Quint. 11, 3, 126.
    Hence,
  2. II. Transf., concr., a walk, a place for walking, a promenade (usu. near a dwelling; either covered or open): ambulatio sub dio pedes lata denos. Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 9; so Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 1; 3, 1, 2; Vitr. 5, 9; Col. 1, 6, 2; Plin. 36, 12, 18, § 83.

ambŭlātĭuncŭla, ae, dim. f. [ambulatio], a short walk (perh. only in the foll. passages of Cic.).

  1. I. Lit., Cic. Fam. 2, 12.
    And,
  2. II. Concr., a small place for walking: tecta, Cic. Att. 13, 29.

ambŭlātor, ōris, m. [ambulo], one that walks about, i.e.,

  1. I. An idler, lounger: vilicus ne sit ambulator, Cato, R. R. 5, 2 (cf. id. ib. 5, 2: minus licebit ambulare); Col. 1, 8, 7.
  2. * II. A pedlar, hawker: Transtiberinus, Mart. 1, 42 (not found elsewhere).

ambŭlātōrĭus, a, um, adj. [ambulator], that moves about (rare; never in Cic.); hence,

  1. I. Of machines which can be moved to and fro. movable: praeterea alias (so. turres) ambulatorias totidem tabulatorum confixerant, movable towers with an equal number of stories, Auct. B. Alex. 2 Moeb.; Vitr. 10, 19; Plin. 21, 14, 47, § 80.
    Hence, trop., of the will, wavering, fickle, changeable: voluntas, Dig. 24, 1, 32; and of other things: actio, a cause that passes from one to another, Cod. Just. 6, 2, 22.
  2. * II. Suitable for walking in: porticus, Dig. 8, 5, 8.

* ambŭlātrix, īcis, f. [ambulator], she that walks about, a female lounger, etc.: vilica ne ambulatrix siet, Cato, R. R. 143, 1.

ambŭlātūra, ae, f. [ambulo], a walking, a pace, step, amble; only of horses (Fr. l’amble; Ital. ambio, ambiadura), Veg. 6, 6, 6; 6, 6, 7; 2, 5, 2.

* ambŭlātus, ūs, m. [ambulo], walking: Christus scitur ambulatum dedisse contractis, i. e. power to walk, Arn. 1, p. 28.

ambŭlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. [regarded by Doed. as a sort of dim. of ambio, but better regarded as comp. of am- and the root of βαίνω, beto, -bito, baculum = βάκπρον, vado, venio; Sanscr. gā = go; Germ. gehen; Engl. go. Curtius].

  1. I. Lit.
    1. A. In gen., to go about, to walk: cum illā neque cubat neque ambulat, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 56: si non ubi sedeas locus est, est ubi ambules, id. Capt. prol. 12: quem ad modum quis ambulet, sedeat, Cic. Fin. 5, 17, 47: sedetur, ambulatur, Varr. L. L. 6, 1, p. 72 Müll.: ambulatum est, Cic. Leg. 2, 1, 1; Sen. Ep. 113, 15: cum sedeatur, ambuletur, discumbatur, Gell. 2, 2: standi ambulandi vices, Quint. 11, 3, 44: ambulans aut jacens, Plin. Ep. 9, 36; Gell. 2, 9: cum ambulantis Tiberii genua advolveretur, Tac. A. 1, 13: aves aliquae ambulant, ut cornices; aliae saliunt, ut passeres, walk, Plin. 10, 38, 54, § 111: Aegyptii mures bipedes ambulant, id. 10, 64, 85, § 186: claudi ambulant, Vulg. Matt. 11, 5; ib. Joan. 1, 36; ib. Apoc. 2, 1; 9, 20.
      Hence,
    2. B. Esp., to walk for recreation, to take a walk: abiit ambulatum, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 96: visus sum mihi cum Galbā ambulare, Cic. Ac. 2, 16, 51: cum in sole ambulem, etiamsi aliam ob causam ambulem, etc., id. de Or. 2, 14, 60: pedibus ambulare, Suet. Dom. 19.
    3. C. To go, to travel, to journey (class.), Plaut. Capt. prol. 12: quo ambulas tu? id. Am. 1, 1, 185; Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 17: biduo aut triduo septingenta milia passuum ambulare, Cic. Quint. 25; id. Att. 9, 4 fin.: eo modo Caesar ambulat, ut, etc., id. ib. 8, 14 et saep.
      Hence, in the comic poets, bene ambula, farewell, a good journey to you, a form oft. used at the departure of any one: bene ambula et redambula, farewell and farewell back, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 120: Ty. Bene ambulato. Ph. Bene vale, id. ib. 2, 3, 92; and absol.: ambula, go, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 139: ambulare in jus, to go into court, go to law: ambula in jus, Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 23; Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 43.
    4. D. To walk about with a certain gravity or importance: licet superbus ambules pecuniā. Hor. Epod. 4, 5; id. S. 1, 2, 25; 1, 4, 66.
    5. E. Of inanimate things: amnis, quā naves ambulant, Cato, R. R. 1, 3: Nilus immenso longitudinis spatio ambulans, Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 51: velut intus ambulantem (lucem), id. 37, 9, 47, § 131.
      Trop. (only post-Aug.): quod deinde caput translatum per omnes leges ambulavit, was afterwards added to all laws, Plin. 10, 50, 71, § 139; Dig. 4, 4, 15: ambulat cum domino bonorum possessio, ib. 37, 11, 2.
  2. F. Act., esp. with cognate objects, as iter, via, etc., to navigate, sail, pass over, etc.: cum Xerxes tantis classibus tantisque copiis maria ambulavisset terramque navigāsset, Cic. Fin. 2, 34: perpetuas ambulat illa vias, Ov. F. 1, 122 (cf.: ire iter, viam, etc., Burm. ad Prop. 2, 19, 50).
    Pass.: si bina stadia ambulentur, Plin. 23, 1, 16, § 26.
  3. G. In milit. lang. t. t., to march: ut ter in mense tam equites quam pedites educantur ambulatum, Veg. Mil. 1, 27.
  4. H. In the jurists in opp. to ire: iter est jus eundi ambulandi hominis, of one going and coming, Dig. 3, 8, 1.
  5. II. Trop. very freq. in eccl. Lat. (like Heb. [??] and N. T. Gr. περιπατέω), to walk, in the sense of to live, with an adjunct of manner or circumstances: ambulavit Henoch cum Deo, Vulg. Gen. 5, 22: ut ambules in viis ejus (Dei), ib. Deut. 10, 12: qui ambulant in lege Domini, ib. Psa. 118, 1: in circuitu impii ambulant, ib. ib. 11, 9: fraudulenter ambulare, ib. Prov. 11, 13.
    So also very freq. in N. T., but only once in this sense in the Gospels: quare discipuli tui non ambulant juxta traditionem seniorum? Vulg. Marc. 7, 5: qui non secundum carnem ambulant, ib. Rom. 8, 1: in carne ambulantes, ib. 2 Cor. 10, 3: honeste ambulare, ib. Rom. 13, 13: ut ambuletis digne Deo, ib. Col. 1, 10: quod non recte ambularent, ib. Gal. 2, 14 et persaepe.

amburbāle, is, n. (sc. sacrificium), i. q. amburbium, Serv. ad Verg. E. 3, 77; cf. the two foll. articles.

‡ amburbĭāles hostiae, the victims which were led round the city of Rome, Paul. ex Fest. p. 5 Müll.

amb-urbĭum, ii, n. [urbs], the expiatory procession round the city of Rome, at which sacrifices were offered (v. the preced.); Serv. ad Verg. E. 3, 77; Paul. ex Fest. p. 17 Müll.: lustrata urbs, cantata carmina, amburbium celebratum, ambarvalia promissa, Vop. Aur. 20 (described in Luc. 1, 592 sq.).

amb-ūro, ussi, ustum, 3, v. a., to burn around, to scorch (opp. exurere, to burn entirely up); also, with an extension of the idea, to burn wholly up, to consume (most freq. in part. perf.; class.).

  1. I. Lit.
    1. A. Hadrianus vivus exustus est: Verres sociorum ambustus incendio, tamen ex illā flammā periculoque evasit, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 27: Herculis corpus ambustum, id. Sest. 68, 143: terret ambustus Phaëthon avaras spes, Hor. C. 4, 11, 25 al.
      So Cicero jestingly calls the tribune of the people Munacius Plancus, at whose suggestion the enraged populace set fire to the senate-house, tribunus ambustus, the singed tribune of the people, Cic. Mil. 5, 12 Moeb.
      Of those whom the lightning had struck, but not killed: Sen. Agam. 537: tot circa me jactis fulminibus quasi ambustus, Plin. Ep. 3, 11, 3; so Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 9; id. Mil. 3, 2, 22: Cassius, quem fama est esse libris Ambustum propriis, Hor. S. 1, 10, 64: magna vis frumenti ambusta, Tac. H. 5, 12: ambustum theatrum, Suet. Claud. 21 al.
      Hence, ambu-stum, i, n., in medic. lang., a burn: inflammatio recentis ambusti, Plin. 24, 8, 35, § 51: sedare ambusta, id. 24, 4, 5, § 10: ambusta sanare, id. 20, 20, 82, § 217: ambusta igne vel frigore, id. 24, 8, 29, § 45 al.
    2. B. From the similarity of effect, to injure by cold, to nip, benumb (cf. aduro): ambusti multorum artus vi frigoris, Tac. A. 13, 35: ambusta pruinis lumina, i. e. oculi, Val. Fl. 4, 70.
  2. II. Trop.
    1. A. Of property: ambustas fortunarum mearum reliquias, the charred remains, Cic. Dom. 43.
    2. B. Of one who, when tried for an offence, comes off with great trouble: qui damnatione collegae et suā prope ambustus evaserat, had come off scorched, Liv. 22, 35.

* ambustĭo, ōnis, f. [amburo] = ambustum, a burn: eruptionibus, ambustionibus (medetur myrteum oleum), Plin. 23, 4, 44, § 87.

* ambustŭlātus, a, um, adj. [amburo], burned or scorched around, roasted: Teque ambustulatum obiciam magnis avibus pabulum, Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 65.