ancipitibus
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. pl. (all)dat. pl. (all)
Examples
Datames
Cornelius Nepos
"...neque circumiretur ab hostibus neque praeteriret adversarius, quin ancipitibus locis premeretur, et, si dimicare eo vellet, non multum..."Liber XXXVII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...alto portum faciunt, ducit, inde facile telis ancipitibus hostem summoturus. id inceptum eius Nicander a terra uisus..."