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adjective

ambĭ-fārĭus

fem. ambĭ-fāria · neut. ambĭ-fārium
cf. the Gr. δι-φάσιος, τρι-φάσιος, and v. aliquot-fariam
that has two sides; of double meaning •
that has two sides, of double meaning, ambiguous (only post-class.): fabulae, Arn. p. 181: obtentio, id. p. 182.—Hence,
ambiguously
* ambĭfārĭē, adv., ambiguously, Mamert. Stat. Anim. 1, 3.—
on two sides; in two ways; ambiguously
ambĭfārĭ-am, adv. (orig. acc. fem. sc. partem), on two sides, in two ways, ambiguously, = in utramque partem, App. Flor. 4, 18, p. 360, 25; so id. Mag. p. 276, 2.
Perseus ID: n2156 Key: ambifarius