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