ancipiti

ancipiti is a Latin form of anceps, meaning “two-headed; double; doubtful, uncertain; dangerous”. It is the ablative singular neuter adjective.

Found 106 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 1.26.1: Ita ancipiti proelio diu atque acriter pugnatum est. Diutius cum sustinere nostrorum impetus non possent, alteri se, ut coeperant, in montem receperunt, alteri ad impedimenta et carros suos se contulerunt.

Lucan, Civil War 5.172: Ancipiti cervice rotat, spargitque vaganti

All forms of anceps (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.