amphibolia
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology ===
From Ancient Greek ἀμφιβολία (amphibolía, “ambiguity”), from ἀμφίβολος (amphíbolos, “ambiguous, doubtful”).
=== Noun ===
amphibolia (uncountable)
Ambiguity in writing; amphiboly.
== Latin ==
=== Etymology ===
From Ancient Greek ἀμφιβολία (amphibolía, “ambiguity”), from ἀμφίβολος (amphíbolos, “ambiguous, doubtful”).
=== Pronunciation ===
(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [am.pʰɪˈbɔ.li.a]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [am.fiˈbɔː.li.a]
=== Noun ===
amphibolia f (genitive amphiboliae); first declension
(rhetoric) ambiguity, double meaning
==== Declension ====
First-declension noun.
==== Derived terms ====
amphibologia
==== Descendants ====
→ English: amphibolia
Old French: amphibolie
→ English: amphiboly
→ Polish: amfibolia
=== References ===
“amphibolia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“amphibolia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers