α1706Ἀμφιβολία
ambiguity, amphiboly
An expression literally and correctly meaning two or more things, so that many things at the same time can be understood by the same expression: such as au)lhtri\s pe/ptwke. For one can mean by this both that a house…
Ἀμφιβολία· λέξις δύο ἢ καὶ πλείονα πράγματα σημαίνουσα λεκτικῶς καὶ κυρίως, ὥσθ' ἅμα πλείονα ἐκδέξασθαι κατὰ τὴν αὐτὴν λέξιν· οἷον αὐλητρὶς πέπτωκε. δηλοῦται γὰρ δι' αὐτῆς, καὶ…