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|lshtext=<b>ambāges</b>: is, f. (nom. and<br /><b>I</b> gen. [[sing]]. dub., [[though]] mentioned in [[Charis]]. p. 25 P. and [[found]] in Tac. H. 5, 13 MS.; [[but]] [[found]] in abl. [[sing]].: ambage, Ov. H. 7, 149; Plin. 2, 9, 6, § 41; Val. Fl. 1, 227; also, ambagine, Manil. 4, 304; the plur. is [[complete]], gen. ambagum, Ov. M. 7, 761; cf. Schneid. Gr. II. p. 403) [[ambi]]-[[ago]], a [[going]] [[round]], a [[roundabout]] [[way]] ([[poet]].; in [[prose]] [[only]] postAug.; syn.: [[ambago]], [[sinus]], [[flexus]], [[circuitus]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: variarum ambage viarum (of the windings of the [[labyrinth]]), Ov. M. 8, 161; cf.: dolos tecti ambagesque resolvit, Verg. A. 6, 29: ([[Luna]]) multiformi ambage torsit ingenia contemplantium, Plin. 2, 9, 6, § 41: itinerum [[ambages]], id. 36, 13, 19, § 2: longis ambagibus, Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 226.—<br /><b>II</b> Of [[speech]].<br /> <b>A</b> Circumlocution, [[evasion]], [[digression]]: [[ambages]] mitte, Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 81; so id. Ps. 5, 1, 10 (not elsewh. in Plaut.): [[ambages]] mihi Narrare occipit, * Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 77: per [[ambages]] et longa exorsa [[tenere]], Verg. G. 2, 46; Liv. 9, 11 fin.: ne te longis ambagibus morer, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 82: missis ambagibus, [[without]] [[circumlocution]], [[directly]], id. S. 2, 5, 9; Ov. M. 3, 692; 10, 19.—<br /> <b>B</b> Obscurity, [[ambiguity]] (as kindr. [[with]] [[ambiguus]]).—So of the Theban [[Sphinx]]: [[immemor]] ambagum, Ov. M. 7, 761; id. F. 4, 261.—Of the lang. of oracles: ambage nexa Arcana tegere, Sen. Oedip. 218: eā ambage Chalcedonii monstrabantur, Tac. A. 12, 63; 2, 54.—Also transf. to actions: per [[ambages]], in an [[obscure]], [[enigmatical]] [[manner]], Liv. 1, 56; 1, 54; Plin. 19, 8, 53, § 169. | |lshtext=<b>ambāges</b>: is, f. (nom. and<br /><b>I</b> gen. [[sing]]. dub., [[though]] mentioned in [[Charis]]. p. 25 P. and [[found]] in Tac. H. 5, 13 MS.; [[but]] [[found]] in abl. [[sing]].: ambage, Ov. H. 7, 149; Plin. 2, 9, 6, § 41; Val. Fl. 1, 227; also, ambagine, Manil. 4, 304; the plur. is [[complete]], gen. ambagum, Ov. M. 7, 761; cf. Schneid. Gr. II. p. 403) [[ambi]]-[[ago]], a [[going]] [[round]], a [[roundabout]] [[way]] ([[poet]].; in [[prose]] [[only]] postAug.; syn.: [[ambago]], [[sinus]], [[flexus]], [[circuitus]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: variarum ambage viarum (of the windings of the [[labyrinth]]), Ov. M. 8, 161; cf.: dolos tecti ambagesque resolvit, Verg. A. 6, 29: ([[Luna]]) multiformi ambage torsit ingenia contemplantium, Plin. 2, 9, 6, § 41: itinerum [[ambages]], id. 36, 13, 19, § 2: longis ambagibus, Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 226.—<br /><b>II</b> Of [[speech]].<br /> <b>A</b> Circumlocution, [[evasion]], [[digression]]: [[ambages]] mitte, Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 81; so id. Ps. 5, 1, 10 (not elsewh. in Plaut.): [[ambages]] mihi Narrare occipit, * Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 77: per [[ambages]] et longa exorsa [[tenere]], Verg. G. 2, 46; Liv. 9, 11 fin.: ne te longis ambagibus morer, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 82: missis ambagibus, [[without]] [[circumlocution]], [[directly]], id. S. 2, 5, 9; Ov. M. 3, 692; 10, 19.—<br /> <b>B</b> Obscurity, [[ambiguity]] (as kindr. [[with]] [[ambiguus]]).—So of the Theban [[Sphinx]]: [[immemor]] ambagum, Ov. M. 7, 761; id. F. 4, 261.—Of the lang. of oracles: ambage nexa Arcana tegere, Sen. Oedip. 218: eā ambage Chalcedonii monstrabantur, Tac. A. 12, 63; 2, 54.—Also transf. to actions: per [[ambages]], in an [[obscure]], [[enigmatical]] [[manner]], Liv. 1, 56; 1, 54; Plin. 19, 8, 53, § 169. | ||
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|gf=(1) <b>ambāgēs</b>,¹¹ is, f. ([[amb]], [[ago]]), [sing. [[rare]]<br /><b>1</b> détours, sinuosités : [abl. ambage ] Ov. M. 8, 161, cf. H. 7, 149 ; Plin. 2, 41 ; Apul. M. 9, 11<br /><b>2</b> ambiguïté, obscurité : [nominatif] Tac. H. 5, 13 ; [abl.] Tac. Ann. 12, 63 || employé surtout au pl. ambāgēs, v. le mot suivant.<br />(2) <b>ambāgēs</b>,¹¹ um, f. pl.,<br /><b>1</b> détours, circonlocutions, [[ambages]] : Virg. G. 2, 46 ; Liv. 9, 11, 12 ; Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 82<br /><b>2</b> ambiguïté, obscurité, caractère énigmatique : [[per]] [[ambages]] Liv. 1, 56, 9, de façon énigmatique, par des voies détournées. | |||
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