ambiguously

ambĭ-fārĭus, a, um, adj. [cf. the Gr. di-phasios, tri-phasios, and v. aliquot-fariam], that has two sides, of double meaning, ambiguous (only post-class.):

fabulae,

Arn. p. 181:

obtentio,

id. p. 182.—Hence,

* ambĭfārĭē, adv., ambiguously, Mamert. Stat. Anim. 1, 3.—

ambĭfārĭ-am, adv. (orig. acc. fem. sc. partem), on two sides, in two ways, ambiguously, = in utramque partem, App. Flor. 4, 18, p. 360, 25; so id. Mag. p. 276, 2.

ambĭ-fārĭus, a, um, adj. [cf. the Gr. di-phasios, tri-phasios, and v. aliquot-fariam], that has two sides, of double meaning, ambiguous (only post-class.):

fabulae,

Arn. p. 181:

obtentio,

id. p. 182.—Hence,

* ambĭfārĭē, adv., ambiguously, Mamert. Stat. Anim. 1, 3.—

ambĭfārĭ-am, adv. (orig. acc. fem. sc. partem), on two sides, in two ways, ambiguously, = in utramque partem, App. Flor. 4, 18, p. 360, 25; so id. Mag. p. 276, 2.

* * *

ambĭgŭus, a, um, adj. [ambigo], going about, hither and thither.

Lit.:

per ambiguum favorem gratiam victoris spectare,

i. e. in that they show equal friendliness to both sides, Liv. 21, 52:

ambiguus Proteus,

who sometimes takes one form, sometimes another, changeable, Ov. M. 2, 9:

ambiguus fuerit, modo vir, modo femina, Scython,

id. ib. 4, 280:

Inque virum soliti vultus mutare ferinos Ambigui prosecta lupi,

they sometimes assume the form of a wolf and sometimes that of a man, id. ib. 7, 271:

promisit Ambiguam Salamina, h. l. = alteram,

a second Salamis, Hor. C. 1, 7, 29. —

Transf.

Uncertain, doubtful (syn.: dubius, incertus): ambiguum est quod in ambas agi partes animo potest. Hujusmodi apud Graecos amphibola dicuntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 17 Müll.:

quidquid incerti mihi in animo prius aut ambiguom fuit, Nunc liquet, nunc defaecatum est,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 69: etiam si dudum fuerat ambiguom hoc mihi, * Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 26:

difficile et ambiguum,

Vulg. Deut. 17, 8:

haud ambiguus rex, i. e. sine dubio rex futurus,

Liv. 40, 8.— Subst.: ambĭgŭum, i, n., doubt, uncertainty:

in ambiguo est,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 193:

in ambiguo relinquere,

Lucr. 4, 1133: non habui ambiguum, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 11:

servet in ambiguo Juppiter,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 28:

non sane alias magis in ambiguo Britannia fuit,

Tac. Agr. 5.—Also in acc. absol. in the Gr. manner: Ambiguum Clymene precibus Phaëthontis an irā Mota magis, it being uncertain whether, etc., Ov. M. 1, 765 (so, incertum, Tac. Agr. 7:

dubium,

id. A. 1, 5).—

Of discourse, obscure, dark, ambiguous:

scriptum,

Cic. Top. 25:

verba ambigua distinximus,

id. Or. 29, 102:

oracula,

id. Div. 2, 56:

responsa,

Suet. Tib. 24:

divinatio,

Vulg. Ezech. 12, 24.— Subst.: ambĭgŭum, i, n., an obscure, dark saying:

ambiguorum complura sunt genera,

Cic. de Or. 2, 26, 111; 2, 61, 250; Auct. ad Her. 1, 6; 1, 12 al.:

voces,

Verg. A. 2, 98.—

Trop., uncertain, wavering; not to be relied on, untrustworthy. —So of moral conduct:

esse ambiguā fide,

Liv. 6, 2:

puer acris ingenii sed ambigui,

Plin. Ep. 4, 2:

femina bonis atque honestis moribus, non ambiguā pudicitiā,

Gell. 3, 16:

per ambiguas vias,

Ov. H. 10, 62:

domum timet ambiguam Tyriosque bilinguis,

Verg. A 1, 661.—Of fortune, changing, fluctuating: ambiguarum rerum sciens, Tac. A. 1, 64.

with gen.:

ambiguus imperandi,

irresolute, Tac. A. 1, 7:

pudoris ac metus,

wavering between shame and fear, id. ib. 2, 40:

futuri,

id. H. 3, 43.— Adv.: ambĭguē, doubtfully, ambiguously, Cic. de Or. 2, 26; id. N. D. 1, 31; Aur. Vict. 35:

pugnare,

with doubtful success, Tac. A. 2, 21 al.

ambĭgŭus, a, um, adj. [ambigo], going about, hither and thither.

Lit.:

per ambiguum favorem gratiam victoris spectare,

i. e. in that they show equal friendliness to both sides, Liv. 21, 52:

ambiguus Proteus,

who sometimes takes one form, sometimes another, changeable, Ov. M. 2, 9:

ambiguus fuerit, modo vir, modo femina, Scython,

id. ib. 4, 280:

Inque virum soliti vultus mutare ferinos Ambigui prosecta lupi,

they sometimes assume the form of a wolf and sometimes that of a man, id. ib. 7, 271:

promisit Ambiguam Salamina, h. l. = alteram,

a second Salamis, Hor. C. 1, 7, 29. —

Transf.

Uncertain, doubtful (syn.: dubius, incertus): ambiguum est quod in ambas agi partes animo potest. Hujusmodi apud Graecos amphibola dicuntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 17 Müll.:

quidquid incerti mihi in animo prius aut ambiguom fuit, Nunc liquet, nunc defaecatum est,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 69: etiam si dudum fuerat ambiguom hoc mihi, * Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 26:

difficile et ambiguum,

Vulg. Deut. 17, 8:

haud ambiguus rex, i. e. sine dubio rex futurus,

Liv. 40, 8.— Subst.: ambĭgŭum, i, n., doubt, uncertainty:

in ambiguo est,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 193:

in ambiguo relinquere,

Lucr. 4, 1133: non habui ambiguum, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 11:

servet in ambiguo Juppiter,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 28:

non sane alias magis in ambiguo Britannia fuit,

Tac. Agr. 5.—Also in acc. absol. in the Gr. manner: Ambiguum Clymene precibus Phaëthontis an irā Mota magis, it being uncertain whether, etc., Ov. M. 1, 765 (so, incertum, Tac. Agr. 7:

dubium,

id. A. 1, 5).—

Of discourse, obscure, dark, ambiguous:

scriptum,

Cic. Top. 25:

verba ambigua distinximus,

id. Or. 29, 102:

oracula,

id. Div. 2, 56:

responsa,

Suet. Tib. 24:

divinatio,

Vulg. Ezech. 12, 24.— Subst.: ambĭgŭum, i, n., an obscure, dark saying:

ambiguorum complura sunt genera,

Cic. de Or. 2, 26, 111; 2, 61, 250; Auct. ad Her. 1, 6; 1, 12 al.:

voces,

Verg. A. 2, 98.—

Trop., uncertain, wavering; not to be relied on, untrustworthy. —So of moral conduct:

esse ambiguā fide,

Liv. 6, 2:

puer acris ingenii sed ambigui,

Plin. Ep. 4, 2:

femina bonis atque honestis moribus, non ambiguā pudicitiā,

Gell. 3, 16:

per ambiguas vias,

Ov. H. 10, 62:

domum timet ambiguam Tyriosque bilinguis,

Verg. A 1, 661.—Of fortune, changing, fluctuating: ambiguarum rerum sciens, Tac. A. 1, 64.

with gen.:

ambiguus imperandi,

irresolute, Tac. A. 1, 7:

pudoris ac metus,

wavering between shame and fear, id. ib. 2, 40:

futuri,

id. H. 3, 43.— Adv.: ambĭguē, doubtfully, ambiguously, Cic. de Or. 2, 26; id. N. D. 1, 31; Aur. Vict. 35:

pugnare,

with doubtful success, Tac. A. 2, 21 al.

dū̆plex, ĭcis (abl. commonly duplici;

duplice,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 122), adj. [duo-plico], twofold, double.

Lit.:

et duplices hominum facies et corpora bina,

Lucr. 4, 452; cf.

aër (with geminus),

id. 4, 274:

cursus (with duae viae),

Cic. Tusc. 1, 30:

pars (opp. simplex),

Quint. 8, 5, 4; cf. id. 4, 4, 5:

modus (opp. par and sesquiplex),

Cic. Or. 57, 193 et saep.:

duplici de semine,

Lucr. 4, 1229:

quem locum duplici altissimo muro munierant,

Caes. B. G. 2, 29, 3:

fossa duodenūm pedum,

id. ib. 7, 36 fin.:

vallum,

id. B. C. 3, 63, 3:

rates,

id. ib. 1, 25, 6:

tabellae,

consisting of two leaves, Suet. Aug. 27:

dorsum,

consisting of two boards, Verg. G. 1, 172:

acies,

Caes. B. G. 3, 24, 1; id. B. C. 1, 83, 1; 3, 67, 3 al.; cf.

proelium,

Suet. Aug. 13:

seditio,

id. Tib. 25:

triumphus,

id. Dom. 6:

cura,

id. Tib. 8 et saep.—Prov.:

duplex fit bonitas, simul accessit celeritas,

who gives promptly gives twice, Pub. Syr. 141 (Rib.).—

Transf.

Of things made double by being divided into two, cloven, bipartite, double:

ne duplices habeatis linguas, ne ego bilingues vos necem,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 7; cf. id. As. 3, 3, 105:

ficus,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 122; Plin. 20, 6, 23, § 52; Veg. Vet. 2, 10, 6 (1, 38, p. 265 Bip; cf. id. 1, 56, p. 281 Bip.):

folia palmae,

Plin. 16, 24, 38, § 90:

lex,

Quint. 7, 7, 10.—

Poet., like the Gr. diplous, of things in pairs, for ambo or uterque, both:

oculi,

Lucr. 6, 1145:

palmae,

Verg. A. 1, 93; cf. Ov. Am. 3, 327.—

Opp. to single, like the Gr. diplous and our double, for thick, strong, stout:

clavi,

Cato R. R. 20:

amiculum,

Nep. Dat. 3; cf.

pannus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 25:

fenus,

Prop. 3 (4), 1, 22 (for which:

magnum fenus,

Tib. 2, 6, 22). —

With quam in post-Aug. prose, for alterum tantum, twice as much as, Col. 1, 8, 8:

duplex quam ceteris pretium,

Plin. 19, 1, 2, § 9; Quint. 2, 3, 3.

Trop.

Of words, of a double sense, ambiguous:

verba dubia et quasi duplicia,

Quint. 9, 2, 69.—

In poets, like the Gr. diplous, of character, qs. double-tongued, double-faced, i. e. false, deceitful:

Ulixes,

Hor. C. 1, 6, 7:

Amathusia,

Cat. 68, 51; so,

animo,

Vulg. Jacob. 1, 8; 4, 8.— Adv.: dū̆plĭcĭter, doubly, on two accounts, Lucr. 6, 510; Cic. Ac. 2, 32, 104; id. Fam. 9, 20:

res conscriptae,

ambiguously, Arn. 5, p. 182; Vulg. Sirach, 23, 13.