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Ambitus
Ambitus Am"bi*tus ([a^]m"b[i^]*t[u^]s), n. [L. See Ambit, Ambition.] 1. The exterior edge or border of a thing, as the border of a leaf, or the outline of a bivalve shell. 2. (Rom. Antiq.) A canvassing for votes.

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- In medieval music, ambitus (Ecclesiastical Latin: ['am.bi.t̪us]) is a Latin term literally meaning enclos[ur]e, and in Medieval Latin means the "range"...
- In ancient Roman law, ambitus was a crime of political corruption, mainly a candidate's attempt to influence the outcome (or direction) of an election...
- The lex Pompeia de ambitu was a law of the Roman Republic, p****ed in 52 BCE, aimed at prosecuting bribery and corruption in elections. It was proposed...
- Aufidia de ambitu, sometimes referred to as the lex Aufidia de ambitu, was a proposed Roman law, aimed at punishing electoral bribery, ambitus. It is known...
- and finally 12 modes. Typical melodic features include a characteristic ambitus, and also characteristic intervallic patterns relative to a referential...
- from receiving inheritances and from attending public games. Lex Julia de ambitu (18 BC): Penalising bribery when acquiring political offices. Lex Julia...
- years. Caesar Augustus introduces the Lex Julia (Julian Laws): Lex Iulia de Ambitu: Penalising bribery when acquiring political offices. Lex Iulia de Maritandis...
- part of a musical piece. Hence, in musical notation, tessitura is the ambitus, or a narrower part of it, in which that particular vocal (or less often...
- local volunteers. Kyle 2007, p. 280. Kyle is citing Cicero's Lex Tullia Ambitu. Richlin 1992, Shelby Brown, "Death as Decoration: Scenes of the Arena on...
- modes, in which authentic and plagal forms of scales are distinguished by ambitus and tenor or reciting tone. Although both diatonic and Gregorian modes...