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ambŭlātĭo , ōnis, f. id.,
I.a walking about, a walk (only in prose, oftenest in Cic.).
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,
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.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (8):
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 2.3
    • Cicero, Letters to his brother Quintus, 3.1.1
    • Vitruvius, On Architecture, 5.9
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 1.7
    • A. Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 1.2
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 5.1
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 11, 3.126
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 1.6.2
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