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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.