Ambages

·noun ·pl A circuit; a winding. Hence: Circuitous way or proceeding; quibble; circumlocution; indirect mode of speech.

ambages
ambāges, is, f. (nom. and gen. sing. dub., though mentioned in Charis. p. 25 P. and found in Tac. H....

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ambages
(ambāgēs is),> f, only ablsing. ambage, and plur.ambāgēs, um ambi + 1 AG-, a going around, roundab...

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