ambifarius
μηδέν' ὀλβίζειν, πρὶν ἂν τέρμα τοῦ βίου περάσῃ μηδὲν ἀλγεινὸν παθών → Count no man blessed 'til he's passed the endpoint of his life without grievous suffering. (Sophocles, King Oedipus 1529f.)
Latin > English
ambifarius ambifaria, ambifarium ADJ :: ambiguous, of double meaning, that has two meanings; that has two sides
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ambĭ-fārĭus: a, um, adj. cf. the Gr. δι-φάσιος, τρι-φάσιος, and v. aliquot-fariam,
I that has two sides, of double meaning, ambiguous (only post-class.): fabulae, Arn. p. 181: obtentio, id. p. 182.—Hence,
1 * ambĭfārĭē, adv., ambiguously, Mamert. Stat. Anim. 1, 3.—
2 ambĭfārĭ-am, adv. (orig. acc. fem. sc. partem), on two sides, in two ways, ambiguously, = in utramque partem, App. Flor. 4, 18, p. 360, 25; so id. Mag. p. 276, 2.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ambĭfārĭus, a, um (ambi, fari), ambigu, à double sens : Arn. 5, 35.
Latin > German (Georges)
ambifārius, a, um (ambi u. for; vgl. nefarius, διφάσιος), doppelsinnig, zweideutig, Mam. Claud. de stat. an. 1, 3, 2 p. 28, 10 Eyssenh.: fabulae, obtentio, Arnob. 5, 35 u. 36.
