See ambages in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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},
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{
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],
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],
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],
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],
[
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],
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],
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],
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],
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],
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],
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],
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],
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]
],
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[
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]
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]
},
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]
],
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"bold_text_offsets": [
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25,
34
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],
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68
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],
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"ref": "c. 105–116, Tacitus, Ab excessu divi Augusti (Annales), volume III, section LI:",
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},
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}
],
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},
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],
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],
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"etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *h₂ent-\nProto-Indo-European *-s\nProto-Indo-European *h₂énts?\nProto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰíder.\nProto-Italic *amβi-\nLatin ambi-\nProto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-\nProto-Indo-European *-eti\nProto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti\nProto-Italic *agō\nLatin agō\nProto-Indo-European *-ḗy\nProto-Italic *-ēi(s)\nLatin -ēs\nLatin ambāgēs\nFrom ambi- (“around”) + agō (“to behave, proceed”) + -ēs (noun-forming suffix).",
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[
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]
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"singular"
]
},
{
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[
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]
],
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},
{
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[
"ambāgem",
"ambagem#Latin"
]
],
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]
},
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},
{
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},
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[
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{
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}
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"g": "f"
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"pos": "noun",
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{
"word": "ambigō"
},
{
"word": "ambiguus"
}
],
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{
"glosses": [
"an indirect, roundabout path; a wandering to and fro, twists and turns"
],
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[
"indirect",
"indirect"
],
[
"roundabout",
"roundabout"
],
[
"wandering",
"wandering"
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[
"to and fro",
"to and fro"
],
[
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],
"tags": [
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},
{
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"an indirect, roundabout path; a wandering to and fro, twists and turns",
"Used to denote any intricate or tortuous process, system or scheme"
],
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"indirect",
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],
[
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],
[
"wandering",
"wandering"
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[
"to and fro",
"to and fro"
],
[
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]
],
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]
},
{
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],
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"bold_text_offsets": [
[
25,
34
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],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
57,
68
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],
"english": "For this, Tiberius reprimanded the senate with his usual ambiguities",
"ref": "c. 105–116, Tacitus, Ab excessu divi Augusti (Annales), volume III, section LI:",
"text": "Id Tiberius solitis sibi ambagibus apud senatum incusavit",
"translation": "For this, Tiberius reprimanded the senate with his usual ambiguities",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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],
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[
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[
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},
{
"glosses": [
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],
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[
"uncertainty",
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[
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"confusion"
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],
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]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "[amˈbaː.ɡeːs]",
"tags": [
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]
},
{
"ipa": "[amˈbaː.d͡ʒes]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
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}
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