amphibolus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From ἀμφίβολος (amphíbolos, “ambiguous”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /amˈpʰi.bo.lus/, [ämˈpʰɪbɔɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /amˈfi.bo.lus/, [ämˈfiːbolus]
Adjective edit
amphibolus (feminine amphibola, neuter amphibolum); first/second-declension adjective
- open to two interpretations; ambiguous
Declension edit
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 edit
Related terms edit
- amphibolia = amphibologīa (noun)
- amphibole = amphibologice (adverb)
See also edit
References edit
- “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.