ambition Copy link Outline 1. ambĭtĭo2. glōrĭa • ambition: 1. ambĭtĭo: to be the victim of wretched a., misera a. laborare, Hor.: to be a stranger to all a., ab omni a. remotum esse, Cic.; solutum esse, Hor.. to be the slave of a., ambitione teneri, Cic.: a certain a. led me to the pursuit of honours, me a. quaedam ad honorum studium duxit, Cic.: although a. itself may be a vice, yet it is often the cause of virtues, licet ipsa vitium sit a., tamen frequenter causa virtutum est, Quint.: a wrong a., prava a., Sall. 2. glōrĭa: a. drags men bound to her glittering car, constrictos g. trahit fulgente curru, Hor.: a. of keeping a good table, (magnae) g. mensae, Lucan: the a. of producing honey, generandi g. mellis, Virg.: and esp. in certain phr.: as, to be led by a., gloriā duci, Cic.; g. expetere, sequi, Cic.: he was swallowed up by a., hunc absorbuit aestus gloriae, Cic.: v. glory. Phr.: blind a., honorum caeca cupido, Lucr.: we are all influenced by a., trahimur omnes laudis studio, Cic.: headlong and hazardous a., cupiditas dominandi praeceps et lubrica, Cic.: induced by the a. of being a king, regia cupiditate inductus, Caes.: inflamed with wicked a., malae dominationis cupidinibus flagrans, Tac.