uncertain Copy link Outline 1. incertus2. dŭbius3. anceps, cĭpĭtis4. ambĭguus5. lĕvis, e6. mōbĭlis, e7. inconstans8. districtus (perplexed) • uncertain: 1. incertus: when I was u. where you were, quum incertus essem, ubi esses, Cic. Att. 1, 9: u. in mind, i. animi, Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 46. 2. dŭbius: I am u. what to do, d. sum quid faciam, Hor. S. 1, 9, 40: u. in mind, animi dubius, Virg. Georg. 3, 289. 3. anceps, cĭpĭtis: u. whether Lucanian or Apulian, Lucanus an Appulus, anceps, Hor. S. 2, 1, 34: elephants are an u. race (fickle in temper), est genus anceps, Liv. 27, 14. Join: incertus exitus et anceps fortuna belli, Cic. Marc. 5, 15. 4. ambĭguus: fortune wanders with u. steps, passibus ambiguis errat, Ov. Trist. 5, 8, 16: a boy of u. disposition (not developed), ambigui ingenii, Plin. Ep. 4, 2. 5. lĕvis, e: it is seen how u. they are, perspiciuntur quam sint leves, Cic. Am. 17, 63: women are of u. mind, mulieres sunt ... levi sententia, Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 32. 6. mōbĭlis, e: the wills of kings are u., regiae voluntates ... mobiles, Sall. Jug. 113. 7. inconstans: the u. winds, inconstantes venti, Plin. 18, 35, 80. 8. districtus (perplexed): you seem to me to be u., districtus mihi videris esse, Cic. Fam. 2, 15. Phr.: u. in meaning, suspensa et obscura verba, Tac. A. 2, 11.