dĭlemma — Lewis & Short
dĭlemma, ătis, n. (di/lhmma),
I a double proposition, a dilemma; in logic, an argument in which an adversary is pinned between two difficulties, Serv. Verg. A. 2, 675, and 10, 449.
The corpus record — Latin
dilemma
dilemma · n
a double proposition, a dilemma
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- Andria 1 · 1.02/10k
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