walk (subs.) Copy link Outline I. The act of walking1. ambŭlātio2. deambŭlātio3. ambŭlātiuncŭla (a short w.)II. The place of walking1. ambŭlātio2. ambŭlācrum3. ambŭlātiuncŭla4. spătiumIII. Manner of walkingIV. Course or path of life, pursuit • walk (subs.): I. The act of walking: 1. ambŭlātio: to finish the afternoon's w., ambulationem postmeridianam conficere, Cic. Fin. 5, 1, 1. 2. deambŭlātio: this w. has tired me, haec d. me ad languorem dedit, Ter. Heaut. 4, 6, 2: (for distinctions between compds. of amb., v. to walk). 3. ambŭlātiuncŭla (a short w.): our little w. and talk together, ambŭlātiuncŭla et sermo noster, Cic. Fam. 2, 12, 2. Phr.: to go out for a w., abire ambulatum, Pl. Mil. 2, 2, 96: let us take a w., eamus deambulatum, Cato ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 63, 256. II. The place of walking: 1. ambŭlātio: Cic. 2. ambŭlācrum: Pl. 3. ambŭlātiuncŭla: a covered w., tecta ambulatiuncula, Cic. Att. 13, 29, 2. 4. spătium: the w.s of the Academy, spatia Academiae, id. Fin, 5, 1, 1: w.s marked off by columns, spatia interstincta columnis, Stat. S. 3, 5, 90. III. Manner of walking: incessus, ūs, ingressus, ūs: v. gait. IV. Course or path of life, pursuit: *vitae status, conditio: also expr. by studium: v. pursuit.