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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Contents (2 entries · 3 senses)
S&H Smith & Hall (1)
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• ambiguity:
      1. 1. ambĭgŭĭtas: the a. of a name, a. nominis, Cic.: to explain an a., a. solvere, Quint.: to fall into a., in a. incidere. Sen.: Liv.
      2. 2. amphĭbŏlĭa: the a. which deceived Croesus, illa a. quae Croesum cepit, Cic.: Quint. (The latter word is esp. used of rhetorical ambiguities.)
      3. 3. ambāges, is, f. (used only in abl. sing.; pl. complete): the senate are at a loss to understand the a.s of the obscure oracle, obscurae sortis patres ambagibus errant, Ov.: to speak without a., positis a. loqui, Ov.
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• AMBIGUITY
ambiguitas (general term, verborum, etc.): amphibolia (ἀμϕιβολία, in rhetoric). A playful or ironical ambiguity, suspicio ridiculi abscondita (Cic., De Or., 2, 59, 278).