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ambigitur

ambigitur is a Latin form of ambages, meaning “roundabout way, winding; evasion, riddle”. It is the 3rd person singular present passive indicative.

Found 48 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.1.116: … totam perscribit, ius, consuetudinem, aequitatem, edicta omnium neglegit. ex edicto vrbano. sl de hereditate ambigitvr — — sl possessor sponsionem non faciet. Iam qui id ad praetorem, uter possessor sit? nonne id quaeri oportet, …

Ovid, Fasti 4.812: convenit: ambigitur, moenia ponat uter.

All forms of ambages (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.