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ambĭgŭĭtas , ātis, f. ambiguus,
I.equivocalness, double sense, ambiguity, uncertainty: “sed nobis ambiguitas nominis,” Cic. Inv. 1, 40: “verbi,” Liv. 41, 18: “in ambiguitatem incidere,” Sen. Ep. 9; so Quint. 5, 10, 106; 6, 3, 47; 7, 9, 3: omne quod (vir) loquitur, sine ambiguitate venit, cometh to pass without uncertainty, surely, * Vulg. 1 Reg. 9, 6 al.—In plur.: “relictis ambiguitatibus,” Sen. Ep. 108; Quint. 1, 10, 5.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (9):
    • Old Testament, 1 Samuel, 9.6
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 41, 18
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 1, 10.5
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 5, 10.106
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 6, 3.47
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 7, 9.3
    • Seneca, Epistulae, 108
    • Seneca, Epistulae, 9
    • Cicero, De Inventione, 1.40
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