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ambiguus
ambiguus
Latin
Adjective
ambiguus m (feminine ambigua, neuter ambiguum); first/second declension
- going two ways, hither and thither, moving from side-to-side
- hybrid
- changing, fluctuating, wavering
- uncertain, doubtful, undecided, indecisive
- (of discourse) obscure, ambiguous
- (figuratively) wavering, not to be relied on, untrustworthy, unreliable, treacherous
Declension
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | ambiguus | ambigua | ambiguum | ambiguī | ambiguae | ambigua | |
| genitive | ambiguī | ambiguae | ambiguī | ambiguōrum | ambiguārum | ambiguōrum | |
| dative | ambiguō | ambiguō | ambiguīs | ||||
| accusative | ambiguum | ambiguam | ambiguum | ambiguōs | ambiguās | ambigua | |
| ablative | ambiguō | ambiguā | ambiguō | ambiguīs | |||
| vocative | ambigue | ambigua | ambiguum | ambiguī | ambiguae | ambigua | |
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References
- ambĭgŭus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ambiguus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “ambiguus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- obsolete, ambiguous expressions: prisca, obsoleta (opp. usitata), ambigua verba
- obsolete, ambiguous expressions: prisca, obsoleta (opp. usitata), ambigua verba