vague Copy link Outline 1. văgus2. incertus (not fixed)3. dŭbius (uncertain, undetermined)4. anceps, cĭpĭtis (which may turn out in one of two ways, doubtful)5. ambĭguus (capable of two interpretations)6. caecus7. obscūrus (indistinct)8. invŏlūtus (intricate) • vague: 1. văgus: to have no v. and doubtful opinion, habere non errantem et v. opinionem, Cic. N. D. 2, 1, 2: giving very v. reasons for his absence, redditis caussis absentiae admodum v., Tac. A. 6, 15. 2. incertus (not fixed): a very v. hope, spes incertissima, Cic. Sest. 22, 50. 3. dŭbius (uncertain, undetermined): v. things, quae d. sunt, opp. certa atque concessa, Cic. Div. 2, 51, 106. v. words, d. verba, opp. aperta, Quint. 7, 2, 48: d. jus, opp. certum, ib. 12, 3, 6. 4. anceps, cĭpĭtis (which may turn out in one of two ways, doubtful): a v. oracle, a. oraculum, Liv. 9, 3, ad med. 5. ambĭguus (capable of two interpretations): v. words, verba a., Cic. Or. 29, 102: a. scriptum, id. Top. 25, 96: a. oracula, id. Div. 2, 56, 115. 6. caecus: a v. surmise, c. suspicio, id. Fam. 6, 7, 4. 7. obscūrus (indistinct): Heraclitus is very v., valde Heraclitus o. (Gr. ὁ σκοτεινός), id. Div. 2, 64, 133: o. poeta, ib. 132: o. res, Lucr. 1, 932. 8. invŏlūtus (intricate): res i., Cic. Or. 29, 102. Join: obscurus and caecus, obscurus and ignotus, obscurus and suspensus, flexiloquus and obscurus, id. Div. 2, 56, 115 (q. v. for. dif. between obscurus and ambiguus). Phr.: he gave v. explanations, nullas probabiles caussas afferebat, Tac. A. 6, 14: I begin to have some v. recollection, in memoriam regredior quasi per nebulam, Plaut. Capt. 5, 4, 25: v. suspicions, suspiciones imbecillae, Tac. A. 2, 76.