ambiguitas

ambĭgŭĭtas, ātis, f. [ambiguus],

• equivocalness, double sense, ambiguity, uncertainty: sed nobis ambiguitas nominis, Cic. Inv. 1, 40: verbi, Liv. 41, 18: in ambiguitatem incidere, Sen. Ep. 9; so Quint. 5, 10, 106; 6, 3, 47; 7, 9, 3: omne quod (vir) loquitur, sine ambiguitate venit, cometh to pass without uncertainty, surely, * Vulg. 1 Reg. 9, 6 al.—In plur.: relictis ambiguitatibus, Sen. Ep. 108; Quint. 1, 10, 5.

ambiguitās, ātis, f. (ambiguus), die Zweideutigkeit, der Doppelsinn, nominis, Cic.: verborum, Cic.: verbi, Liv.: in ambiguitatem incidere, Sen.: Plur., Sen. ep. 108, 12. Quint. 1, 10, 5. Gell. 18, 7, 1 lemm. Solin. 1, 7. Augustin. de dial. 9. p. 16, 7 Crec.

ambiguitas [CL] , doubt, uncertainty. b doubtful point, difficulty (leg.). sine ancipiti ~atis scrupulo veraciter credendum est quod ‥ Aldh. VirgP 11; nebulas ~atis ex acie intentionis tuae penitus depelle Eriug. Per. 546C; 8‥ tu ei sis ‥ in ~ate consilium (Pontifical) Rec. Coronation 6; ut hanc ~atis contentionem certitudo dirimeret Gir. TH II 12; [Judei] profitentes ‥ se sue [Christi] cedis auctores cordibus suis non minimam ~atem inde ingerunt S. Sim. Itin. 29.  b 1295 ad judicia ob difficultates seu ~ates in eadem curia respectuata circumspeccius reddenda Cal. IPM III p. 145; recordum et processum cujusdam nove disseisine ‥ justiciariis nostris ‥ racione ~atis [gl.: pur difficultie] per vos ‥ missa Entries 78.

ambĭgŭĭtās, (14) ātis, f. (ambiguus), ambiguïté [double sens], équivoque, obscurité : Cic. Inv. 1, 74 ; Part. 19 ; 108 ; ambiguitatem solvere Quint. 7, 2, 49, détruire une équivoque.

ambiguitas , atis. f. et, v. ambiguum
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ambiguitās ātis, f

• ambiguus, ambiguity, equivocalness, double sense: nominis: verbi, L.