LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

ambāgiōsus

ambāgiōsus (feminine ambāgiōsa, neuter ambāgiōsum)
Classical[am.baː.ɡiˈoː.sʊs]Ecclesiastical[am.ba.d͡ʒiˈɔː.s̬us]

Meaning

  1. adjectiveobscure, enigmatic, not straightforward, ambagious, ambiguous

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeambāgiōsusambāgiōsaambāgiōsum
genitiveambāgiōsīambāgiōsaeambāgiōsī
dativeambāgiōsōambāgiōsaeambāgiōsō
accusativeambāgiōsumambāgiōsamambāgiōsum
ablativeambāgiōsōambāgiōsāambāgiōsō
vocativeambāgiōseambāgiōsaambāgiōsum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeambāgiōsīambāgiōsaeambāgiōsa
genitiveambāgiōsōrumambāgiōsārumambāgiōsōrum
dativeambāgiōsīsambāgiōsīsambāgiōsīs
accusativeambāgiōsōsambāgiōsāsambāgiōsa
ablativeambāgiōsīsambāgiōsīsambāgiōsīs
vocativeambāgiōsīambāgiōsaeambāgiōsa

ambāgĭōsus, a, um, adj. ambages,
I. full of windings or digressions: lubrica atque ambagiosa conjectatio, Gell. 14, 1, 33.

Origins

From ambāgēs (“circumlocution”) + -ōsus.

In English words that came into English from ambāgiōsus

  • ambagiousambāgiōsus

Quick answers

What does ambāgiōsus mean in Latin?
ambāgiōsus, a adjective, means “obscure, enigmatic, not straightforward, ambagious, ambiguous”.
How do you pronounce ambāgiōsus?
In classical Latin, [am.baː.ɡiˈoː.sʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [am.ba.d͡ʒiˈɔː.s̬us].