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ambō^ , bae, bo,
I.num. (nom. plur. ambo for ambae, Plaut. Merc. 2, 1, 7; acc. plur. orig. ambo, analog. to the Gr. ἄμφω, but from the adj. use of the word ambos arose; acc. ambo is found in Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 8; 5, 1, 67; id. As. 3, 3, 121; id. Curc. 5, 3, 14; id. Cist. 2, 1, 49; id. Ep. 2, 2, 19; id. Bacch. 4, 8, 19; 5, 2, 69; id. Most. 3, 2, 140; id. Rud. 3, 5, 7; Afran. ap. Charis. p. 96 P.; Cic. (who never uses ambos) Fam. 5, 8; 9, 13; Caes. (who never uses ambos) B. C. 1, 48; Verg. (who never uses ambos) E. 6, 18; id. G. 4, 88; id. A. 12, 342; Hor. (who never uses ambos) S. 2, 3, 180; 2, 7, 62; Liv. 3, 62; 7, 19; 26, 7; 26, 26; 27, 27; 30, 14; 35, 22; 38, 53; 40, 46; 41, 18; 45, 19; Mart. 7, 40; Sil. 4, 175; 17, 427 al.; ambos is found in Afran. Com. Rel. p. 194 Rib. bis; Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 29; id. Ps. 1, 3, 21; Ter. (who never uses ambo) Eun. 5, 8, 39; id. Heaut. 4, 3, 33; 5, 2, 42; id. Ad. 1, 2, 51; 5, 9, 5; Prop. 3, 13, 18; Liv. 2, 10, 6; 22, 34, 10; Sall. (who never uses ambo) J. 21, 4; id. Fragm. 4, 19, 5 Kritz; Ov. (who never uses ambo) H. 10, 51; Tac. (who never uses ambo) A. 13, 54; Vulg. Tob. 3, 25; ib. Eph. 2, 16; cf. Charis. p. 95; Prisc. p. 744 P.; Rudd. I. p. 57; Kühn. ad Cic. Tusc. 1, 46, 110; Neue, Formenl. II. p. 145 sqq.) [ἄμφω, ἀμφότεροι, Paul. ex Fest. p. 4 Müll.; kindr. with Sanscr. ubhāu, dual nom. = ambo; Zend. uba; Slav. oba; Lith. abù; Goth. bai, bajōths; Germ. beide; Engl. both], both (of two objects whose duality is assumed as already known; when not already known, they are designated by duo. The difference between ambo and uterque is thus given by Charis. p. 49 P.: Ambo non est dicendum, nisi de his, qui uno tempore quid faciunt, utpote reges Eteocles et Polynices ambo perierunt quasi unā; Romulus autem et Africanus non ambo triumphārunt, sed uterque; quia diverso tempore).
I. Of objects naturally in pairs, as the parts of the body, both: “manusque ambas,Verg. A. 6, 496; 10, 868: “ambas palmas,id. ib. 5, 425; “10, 844: tinnient ambae aures ejus,Vulg. 1 Reg. 3, 11; ib. 4 Reg. 21, 12: “circum unum ambove genua,Plin. 28, 6, 17, § 59 (but even here we find duo: “sumes duos renes (vituli) et adipem,Vulg. Exod. 29, 13; 29, 22: “duas manus,ib. Matt. 18, 8 bis; 18, 9: “duae palmae manuum ejus,ib. 1 Reg. 5, 4: “duorum luminum,of both eyes, ib. Jud. 16, 28; so Shaksp., her two eyes, Love's Lab. Lost, iv. 3; “Haml. i. 4).—So of other things: Tristior illā Terra sub ambobus non jacet ulla polis,Ov. P. 2, 7, 64: “Atridas Priamumque, et saevum ambobus Achillen,angry with both parties, id. ib. 1, 458.—
III. Poet. = duo: “partīs ubi se via findit in ambas,into two, Verg. A. 6, 540.
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    • New Testament, Matthew, 18.8
    • Cicero, Philippics, 5.19.53
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    • Plautus, Amphitruo, 3.3
    • Plautus, Bacchides, 4.8
    • Plautus, Bacchides, 5.1
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    • Plautus, Epidicus, 2.2
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 6.496
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    • Old Testament, 1 Samuel, 3.11
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    • Old Testament, 2 Kings, 21.12
    • New Testament, Ephesians, 2.16
    • Old Testament, Exodus, 29.13
    • Old Testament, Genesis, 18.11
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    • New Testament, Matthew, 15.14
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    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 7, 42
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