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ambŭlātōrĭus , a, um, adj. ambulator,
I.that moves about (rare; never in Cic.); hence,
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.—*
II. Suitable for walking in: “porticus,Dig. 8, 5, 8.
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    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 21.80
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