ambiguitas

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Indonesian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Affixed ambigu +‎ -itas, learned borrowing from Latin ambiguitās.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ambiɡuˈitas/
  • Rhymes: -tas, -as, -s
  • Hyphenation: am‧bi‧gu‧i‧tas

Noun[edit]

ambiguitas (plural ambiguitas-ambiguitas, first-person possessive ambiguitasku, second-person possessive ambiguitasmu, third-person possessive ambiguitasnya)

  1. ambiguity:
    1. (countable) words or statements that are open to more than one interpretation, explanation or meaning, especially if that meaning cannot be determined from its context.
    2. (uncountable) the state of being ambiguous.

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From ambiguus +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation[edit]

(Classical) IPA(key): /am.biˈɡu.i.taːs/, [ämbɪˈɡuɪt̪äːs̠]

Noun[edit]

ambiguitās f (genitive ambiguitātis); third declension

  1. ambiguity, uncertainty, equivocalness

Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun.

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

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References[edit]

  • “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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