ambiguus

ambiguus adj.

ambi + 1 AG-, going two ways, wavering, uncertain : per ambiguum favorem gratiam victoris spectare, by showing equal favor to both sides , L.: Proteus, assuming different forms , O.: Ambiguam tellure novā Salamina futuram, i. e. the name would be of double application , H.— Fig., wavering, vacillating, uncertain, doubtful : si dudum fuerat ambiguom hoc mihi, T.: haud ambiguus rex, L.: Ambiguum Clymene precibus Phaëthontis, an irā Mota magis, uncertain whether , O.: imperandi, Ta.—Of speech, obscure, dark, ambiguous : verba: oracula. — Of character, uncertain, not trustworthy, doubtful : fides, L.: domus, V.— As subst n., doubt, uncertainty, a dark saying : servet in ambiguo Iuppiter, H.: ambiguorum complura sunt genera.