incertus (uncertain; e.g., answer, reply, responsum): dubius (doubtful): suspensus et obscurus (that is unsettled or involved in obscurity; e.g., words, verba; Tac., Ann., 1, 11, 2): ambiguus (that is capable of two-fold interpretation; oracle, oraculum): inconstans (inconstant): anceps (that cannot be relied upon, with regard to character as well as respecting its result). A vague report, rumor incertus or non firmus. To hear some vague report, quasi per nebulam audire aliquid (Vid: Plaut., Capt., 5, 4, 26, and Pseud., I, 5, 48).