- power. The
Latin word
ambitus is the
origin of the
English word "ambition"
which is
another of its
original meanings;
ambitus was the
process of "going...
- specifically, the
ambitus is the range, or the
distance between the
highest and
lowest note.
Different chants vary
widely in
their ambitus. Even relatively...
-
Ambitus refers to the
range of
pitches used in the melody.
Melodies whose final is in the
middle of the
ambitus, or
which have only a
limited ambitus...
- 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...
- above. In both cases, the
strict ambitus of the mode is one octave. A
melody that
remains confined to the mode's
ambitus is
called "perfect"; if it falls...
-
boundaries of
ambitus were not
legally defined, and
indeed overlapped closely with
expected political practice: as
Cicero noted,
ambitus (self-promotion)...
- heavier,
stronger tone); see sul
ponticello amabile Amiable,
pleasant ambitus Range between highest and
lowest note
amore or amor (Sp./Port., sometimes...
-
Antonius expelled him from the Senate.
Duronius then
brought an
accusation of
ambitus against Antonius.
Aulus Gellius 2.24.10;
Macrobius 3.17.7; T.R.S. Broughton...
- instrument, a type of a
fipple flute made of reed or wood. It has a 2
octave ambitus. A
double flute is
called a
disavli (δισαύλι), one with no
holes and the...
-
adsuitur pannus, ****
lucus et ara
Dianae et
properantis aquae per
amoenos ambitus agros aut
flumen Rhenum aut
pluuius describitur arcus; sed nunc non erat...
