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admits of arguments for and against

  • 1 ambigo

    amb-ĭgo, ĕre ( perf. tense not used), v. n. [ago].
    I.
    Lit., to go about or around:

    ambigens patriam et declinans,

    Tac. A. 6, [p. 102] 15 fin.
    II.
    Trop., to wander about; to waver, hesitate, be undecided, to doubt, be in suspense (syn. dubito; class., but mostly in prose).—In this sense in Cic. either impers. or pass.
    a.
    Impers.:

    Quale quid sit, ambigitur,

    is uncertain, Cic. de Or. 2, 26:

    omnis res eandem habet naturam ambigendi, de quā disceptari potest,

    i. e. admits of arguments for and against, id. ib. 3, 29:

    ambigitur, quotiens uter utro sit prior,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 55:

    de nomine ipso ambigi video,

    Plin. 33, 1, 4, § 10:

    adspici aliquando eam volucrem, non ambigitur,

    it cannot be doubted, Tac. A. 6, 28.—
    b.
    Personal:

    cui rei primum occurreret, ambigebat,

    Just. 29, 4:

    Alexandrum regnum Asiae occupaturum haud ambigere,

    Curt. 3, 3; Tac. A. 12, 65:

    causa, de quā tu ambigis,

    Gell. 14, 2:

    ambigebant de illis,

    Vulg. Act. 5, 24.—
    c.
    Pass.:

    ambigitur status, in quo etc.,

    Lucr. 3, 1074:

    in eo jure, quod ambigitur inter peritissimos,

    of which there is a doubt, Cic. de Or. 1, 57; 2, 24:

    in eis causis, quae propter scriptum ambiguntur,

    id. ib. 2, 26.—
    III.
    Transf.
    A.
    To argue, debate about something:

    ut inter eos, qui ambigunt, conveniat, quid sit id, de quo agatur,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 2:

    ambigere de vero,

    id. Or. 36.—
    B.
    To contend, dispute, wrangle, etc.: vicini nostri ambigunt de finibus, * Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 90:

    ambigunt agnati cum eo, qui est heres,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 42:

    de fundo,

    id. Caecin. 8:

    de hereditate,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 45:

    de regno,

    Liv. 40, 15.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > ambigo

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