ambiguitas

Latin

Etymology

From ambiguus +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /am.biˈɡu.i.taːs/, [am.bɪˈɡʊ.ɪ.taːs]

Noun

ambiguitās f (genitive ambiguitātis); third declension

ambiguity, uncertainty, equivocalness

Declension

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ambiguitās	ambiguitātēs
Genitive	ambiguitātis	ambiguitātum
Dative	ambiguitātī	ambiguitātibus
Accusative	ambiguitātem	ambiguitātēs
Ablative	ambiguitāte	ambiguitātibus
Vocative	ambiguitās	ambiguitātēs

Descendants

Catalan: ambigüitat
French: ambiguïté
- English: ambiguity
German: Ambiguität
Italian: ambiguità
Portuguese: ambiguidade
Spanish: ambigüedad

References

ambiguitas in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ambiguitas in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
ambiguitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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