LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

ambiguitās

ambiguitās f (genitive ambiguitātis)
Classical[am.bɪˈɡu.ɪ.taːs]Ecclesiastical[am.biˈɡuː.i.tas]

Meaning

  1. ambiguity, uncertainty, equivocalness

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeambiguitāsambiguitātēs
genitiveambiguitātisambiguitātum
dativeambiguitātīambiguitātibus
accusativeambiguitātemambiguitātēs
ablativeambiguitāteambiguitātibus
vocativeambiguitāsambiguitātēs

ambĭgŭĭtas, ātis, f. ambiguus,
I. equivocalness, double sense, ambiguity, uncertainty: sed nobis ambiguitas nominis, Cic. Inv. 1, 40: verbi, Liv. 41, 18: in ambiguitatem incidere, Sen. Ep. 9; so Quint. 5, 10, 106; 6, 3, 47; 7, 9, 3: omne quod (vir) loquitur, sine ambiguitate venit, cometh to pass without uncertainty, surely, * Vulg. 1 Reg. 9, 6 al.—In plur.: relictis ambiguitatibus, Sen. Ep. 108; Quint. 1, 10, 5.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts?
  3. Latinambiguitās

Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰíder. Proto-Italic *amβi- Latin ambi- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Latin ambig(ō) Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Italic *-wos Latin -uus Latin ambiguus Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin ambiguitās From ambiguus + -tās.

Descendants
  • Catalanambigüitat
  • Frenchambiguïté
  • Englishambiguityfrom French ambiguïté
  • Romanianambiguitatefrom French ambiguïté
  • Frenchambiguité
  • Frenchambigüité
  • GermanAmbiguität
  • Italianambiguità
  • Portugueseambiguidade
  • Spanishambigüedad

In English words that came into English from ambiguitās

  • ambiguityambiguitās

Quick answers

What does ambiguitās mean in Latin?
ambiguitās, a noun, means “ambiguity, uncertainty, equivocalness”.
What is the genitive of ambiguitās?
The genitive singular is ambiguitātis. ambiguitās is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce ambiguitās?
In classical Latin, [am.bɪˈɡu.ɪ.taːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [am.biˈɡuː.i.tas].
Where does ambiguitās come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- → Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts? → Latin ambiguitās.