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ambifarius

From LSJ

Καιροῦ τυχὼν καὶ πτωχὸς ἰσχύει μέγα → Mendicus etiam saepe valet in tempore → Zur rechten Zeit vermag sogar ein Bettler viel

Menander, Monostichoi, 281

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.