ambifarius

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

ambĭ-fārĭus, a, um, adj. [cf. the Gr. δι-φάσιος, τρι-φάσιος, and v. aliquot-fariam],

I that has two sides , of double meaning , ambiguous (only post-class.): fabulae, Arn. p. 181: obtentio, id. p. 182.—Hence,

1 * ambĭfārĭē , adv., ambiguously , Mamert. Stat. Anim. 1, 3.—

2 ambĭfārĭam , adv. (orig. acc. fem. sc. partem), on two sides , in two ways , ambiguously , = in utramque partem, App. Flor. 18, 74; so id. Mag. 4, 18