[655] Ambiguae active, = ‘ambigentes,’ a sense found in Tac., where it is constructed with a gen., as in “ambiguus inperandi” Ann. 1. 7. ‘Amorem’ and ‘regna’ are of course not quite co-ordinate. Strictly speaking, the two things between which they doubted were either the two countries or their feelings for the two countries respectively. Rom. has ‘terras.’ ‘Miserum amorem,’ as we talk of a wretched passion, meaning that it is unreasonable and overpowering. “Misere amare” is a colloquial phrase found in the comic writers for “perdite amare,” Ter. Andr. 3. 2. 40 &c.
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