amphĭbŏlĭa — Lewis & Short
in rhet., ambiguity, double-meaning, Cic. Div. 2, 56, 116; id. Fam. 7, 32; Auct. ad Her. 2, 11; Quint. 7, 9, 1 al
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amphibolia
amphibolia · f
in rhet., ambiguity, double-meaning, Cic. Div. 2, 56, 116; id. Fam. 7, 32; Auct. ad Her. 2, 11; Quint. 7, 9, 1 al
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- Institutio Oratoria 13 · 0.76/10k
- De Divinatione 2 · 0.73/10k
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Attestations
- amphiboliam Cicero, De Divinatione 2.116
- amphibolia Cicero, De Divinatione 2.116
- amphibolia Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 6.3.46
- amphiboliae Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 6.3.62
- amphiboliae Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 7.9.1
- amphibolia Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 7.9.10
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