ambitio

Meaning

1. (declension-3) A going around or about; that which surrounds.
2. (declension-3) A desire for one's favor or good will; excessive desire to please, flattery, adulation.
3. (declension-3) A desire for honor, popularity, power or display; ambition; vanity.
4. (declension-3) Partiality, favouritism.
5. (declension-3) A great exertion.
6. (declension-3) The going about of candidates for office in Rome, and the soliciting of citizens for their vote; candidature; canvassing.

Concepts

ambition

ambitions

desire

dream

😴💭

lust

wish

wishing

yearning

desire for power

inordinate ambition

overambitiousness

Translations

ambition

ambición

ambição

ambizione

Ehrgeiz

ambitie

tutku

eerzucht

ambició

φιλοδοξία

Ambition

Ehrsucht

aspiration

streven

Pronounced as (IPA)

[amˈbɪ.ti.oː]

Etymology

From ambiō (“go around”) + -tiō. Compare ambitus.