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ambactus, i, m. [Celt. amb; Goth. andbahti = service; andbahts = servant], a vassal, a dependent upon a lord: ambactus apud Ennium linguā Gallicā servus appellatur. Paul. ex Fest. p. 4 Müll.: plurimos circum se ambactos clientesque habent, Caes. B. G. 6, 15; cf. Grimm, Gram. 2, p. 211; id. Antiq. p. 304.

amb-ăd-ĕdo, ĕre, v. a., to eat or gnaw around, to eat up entirely: uxoris dotem ambadedisse, Plaut. Merc. 2, 1, 15 and 17.

ambāges, is, f. (nom. and gen. sing. dub., though mentioned in Charis. p. 25 P. and found in Tac. H. 5, 13 MS.; but found in abl. sing.: ambage, Ov. H. 7, 149; Plin. 2, 9, 6, § 41; Val. Fl. 1, 227; also, ambagine, Manil. 4, 304; the plur. is complete, gen. ambagum, Ov. M. 7, 761; cf. Schneid. Gr. II. p. 403) [ambi-ago], a going round, a roundabout way (poet.; in prose only postAug.; syn.: ambago, sinus, flexus, circuitus).

  1. I. Lit.: variarum ambage viarum (of the windings of the labyrinth), Ov. M. 8, 161; cf.: dolos tecti ambagesque resolvit, Verg. A. 6, 29: (Luna) multiformi ambage torsit ingenia contemplantium, Plin. 2, 9, 6, § 41: itinerum ambages, id. 36, 13, 19, § 2: longis ambagibus, Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 226.
  2. II. Of speech.
    1. A. Circumlocution, evasion, digression: ambages mitte, Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 81; so id. Ps. 5, 1, 10 (not elsewh. in Plaut.): ambages mihi Narrare occipit, * Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 77: per ambages et longa exorsa tenere, Verg. G. 2, 46; Liv. 9, 11 fin.: ne te longis ambagibus morer, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 82: missis ambagibus, without circumlocution, directly, id. S. 2, 5, 9; Ov. M. 3, 692; 10, 19.
    2. B. Obscurity, ambiguity (as kindr. with ambiguus).
      So of the Theban Sphinx: immemor ambagum, Ov. M. 7, 761; id. F. 4, 261.
      Of the lang. of oracles: ambage nexa Arcana tegere, Sen. Oedip. 218: ambage Chalcedonii monstrabantur, Tac. A. 12, 63; 2, 54.
      Also transf. to actions: per ambages, in an obscure, enigmatical manner, Liv. 1, 56; 1, 54; Plin. 19, 8, 53, § 169.

* ambāgĭōsus, a, um, adj. [ambages], full of windings or digressions: lubrica atque ambagiosa conjectatio, Gell. 14, 1, 33.

* ambāgo, ĭnis, f., = ambages: rerum. Manil. 4, 303; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 2, 297.

ambarvālis, e, adj. [ambi-arvum], that goes around the fields: ambarvales hostiae dicebantur, quae pro arvis a duobus fratribus sacrificabantur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 5 Müll.; cf. Macr. S. 3, 5: ambarvale sacrificium dicitur, quod arva ambiat victima, Serv. ad Verg. E. 3, 77; cf. arvalis.

ambaxio: catervatim, Paul. ex Fest. p. 26 Müll. [amb-ago].