ambages

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Latino

Terza declinazione
  singolare plurale
nominativo ambāgēs ambāgēs
genitivo ambāgĭs ambāgĭŭm
dativo ambāgī ambāgĭbŭs
accusativo ambāgĕm ambāgēs
vocativo ambāgēs ambāgēs
ablativo ambāgĕ ambāgĭbŭs

Sostantivo

ambages f sing, terza declinazione (genitivo: ambagis)

  1. ambage, tortuosità, giravolta, circuito, percorso tortuoso e circonvoluto
  2. ambage, circonlocuzione, giro di parole
  3. espressione ambigua, frase o discorso oscuro e misterioso

Sillabazione

ăm | bā | gēs

Pronuncia

  • (pronuncia classica) IPA: /amˈbaː.ɡeːs/
  • (pronuncia ecclesiastica) IPA: /amˈba.d͡ʒes/

Etimologia / Derivazione

composto del prefisso ambi-, da ambo, "entrambi", e dal verbo ago, "condurre"; nel senso quindi di "che conduce di qua e di "

Sinonimi

Parole derivate

discendenti in altre lingue