ancipite
Dictionary entries
- Entry →anceps, (gen.), ancipitis:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
two headed/fold/edged/meanings; faces two/opposite directions/fronts; twofold;; on two sides/fronts (war/attack); undecided/drawn/hanging in balance (battle);; double; w/two meanings; uncertain; dangerous/perilous; ambiguous; unsettled;; doubtful/undecided/wavering; untrustworthy/unreliable/unpredictable;
abl. sg. (all)
Examples
- M
Liber X
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...iura querentisinferri Romana suis discordia sensitpectora et ancipites animos, Magnumque perissenon sibi. tum uoltu semper celante pauoremintrepidus superum..." - M
Liber IX
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...magistro), cum procul ex alto tendentes uela carinae ancipites tenuere animos, sociosne malorum an ueherent hostes: praeceps facit..." - M
Liber V
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...65casibus incertis et caeca sorte pararent,solus in ancipites metuit descendere MartisAppius euentus, finemque expromere rerumsollicitat superos multosque..." - M
Liber II
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...ciuemque uideri. tunc urbes Latii dubiae uarioque fauore ancipites, quamquam primo terrore ruentis cessurae belli, denso tamen aggere..." - D
Satura V
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...rogatum, ad mensam quotiens parasitus uenerit infans. uilibus ancipites fungi ponentur amicis, boletus domino, sed quales Claudius edit..." - G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...conabor opus versibus pandere: Iam decuma maestos inter ancipites metus Phrygas obsidebat messis, et vatis fides Calchantis atro..." - M
XII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...poterat accidere inopinatum, tamen inter metus tempestatium et ancipites incerti maris casus, confiteor, ne frumentum salva classe perderemus..." - P
Aeneid V
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...Anchisae inferret honores.' haec effata. at matres primo ancipites oculisque malignis ambiguae spectare rates miserum inter amorem praesentis..."