amphibologia

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English[edit]

Examples

They are frying chickens might mean
Those are chickens for frying OR
Those people are cooking chickens by frying them.

Etymology[edit]

From Latin amphibologia, alternative form of amphibolia (ambiguity).

Noun[edit]

amphibologia (usually uncountable, plural amphibologias)

  1. (rhetoric) Ambiguity of grammatical structure.

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Translations[edit]

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek ἀμφιβολογία (amphibología).

Noun[edit]

amphibologia f (genitive amphibologiae); first declension

  1. (rhetoric) amphibologia
    Synonym: amphibolia

Declension[edit]

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative amphibologia amphibologiae
Genitive amphibologiae amphibologiārum
Dative amphibologiae amphibologiīs
Accusative amphibologiam amphibologiās
Ablative amphibologiā amphibologiīs
Vocative amphibologia amphibologiae

Descendants[edit]

  • English: amphibologia
  • Spanish: anfibología