English

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Examples

They are frying chickens might mean
Those are chickens for frying OR
Those people are cooking chickens by frying them.

Etymology

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From Latin amphibologia, alternative form of amphibolia (ambiguity).

Noun

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amphibologia (usually uncountable, plural amphibologias)

  1. (rhetoric) Ambiguity of grammatical structure.
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Translations

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek ἀμφιβολογία (amphibología).

Noun

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amphibologia f (genitive amphibologiae); first declension

  1. (rhetoric) amphibologia
    Synonym: amphibolia

Declension

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First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative amphibologia amphibologiae
Genitive amphibologiae amphibologiārum
Dative amphibologiae amphibologiīs
Accusative amphibologiam amphibologiās
Ablative amphibologiā amphibologiīs
Vocative amphibologia amphibologiae

Descendants

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  • English: amphibologia
  • Spanish: anfibología