amphibolus

Latin

Etymology

From ἀμφίβολος (amphíbolos, “ambiguous”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /amˈpʰi.bo.lus/, [ämˈpʰɪbɔɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /amˈfi.bo.lus/, [ämˈfiːbolus]

Adjective

amphibolus (feminine amphibola, neuter amphibolum); first/second-declension adjective

1. open to two interpretations; ambiguous

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	amphibolus	amphibola	amphibolum		amphibolī	amphibolae	amphibola
Genitive	amphibolī	amphibolae	amphibolī		amphibolōrum	amphibolārum	amphibolōrum
Dative	amphibolō		amphibolō		amphibolīs
Accusative	amphibolum	amphibolam	amphibolum		amphibolōs	amphibolās	amphibola
Ablative	amphibolō	amphibolā	amphibolō		amphibolīs
Vocative	amphibole	amphibola	amphibolum		amphibolī	amphibolae	amphibola

Synonyms

• amphibologicus

Related terms

• amphibolia = amphibologīa (noun)
• amphibole = amphibologice (adverb)

See also

• amphibius

References

• “amphibolus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• amphibolus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• amphibolus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.