vague
vague
adj.
P. and V. ἀ̆σᾰφής, ἀ̆φᾰνής, ἄ̆δηλος. Ar. and P. ἀ̆τέκμαρτος ; see obscure, undecided.
Faint, dim: P. ἀμυδρός, V. ἀμαυρός.
adj.
P. and V. ἀ̆σᾰφής, ἀ̆φᾰνής, ἄ̆δηλος. Ar. and P. ἀ̆τέκμαρτος ; see obscure, undecided.
Faint, dim: P. ἀμυδρός, V. ἀμαυρός.
VAGUE
incertus (uncertain; e.g. answer reply responsum): dubius (doubtful): suspensus et obscurus (that is unsettled or involved in obscurity; e.g. words verba; Tac. Ann. 1 11 2): ambiguus (that is capable of two-fold interpretation; oracle oraculum): inconstans (inconstant): anceps (that cannot be relied upon with regard to character as well as respecting its result). A vague report rumor incertus or non firmus. To hear some vague report quasi per nebulam audire aliquid (Vid: Plaut. Capt. 5 4 26 and Pseud. 1 5 48).
incertus (uncertain; e.g. answer reply responsum): dubius (doubtful): suspensus et obscurus (that is unsettled or involved in obscurity; e.g. words verba; Tac. Ann. 1 11 2): ambiguus (that is capable of two-fold interpretation; oracle oraculum): inconstans (inconstant): anceps (that cannot be relied upon with regard to character as well as respecting its result). A vague report rumor incertus or non firmus. To hear some vague report quasi per nebulam audire aliquid (Vid: Plaut. Capt. 5 4 26 and Pseud. 1 5 48).
vague:
1. văgus: to have no v. and doubtful opinion, habere non errantem et v. opinionem, Cic. N. D. 2, 1, 2: giving very v. reasons for his absence, redditis caussis absentiae admodum v., Tac. A. 6, 15.
2. incertus (not fixed): a very v. hope, spes incertissima, Cic. Sest. 22, 50.
3. dŭbius (uncertain, undetermined): v. things, quae d. sunt, opp. certa atque concessa, Cic. Div. 2, 51, 106. v. words, d. verba, opp. aperta, Quint. 7, 2, 48: d. jus, opp certum, ib. 12, 3, 6.
4. anceps, cĭpĭtis (which may turn out in one of two ways, doubtful): a v. oracle, a. oraculum, Liv. 9, 3, ad med.
5. ambĭguus (capable of two interpretations): v. words, verba a., Cic. Or. 29, 102: a. scriptum, id. Top. 25, 96: a. oracula, id. Div. 2, 56, 115.
6. caecus: a v. surmise, c. suspicio, id. Fam. 6, 7, 4.
7. obscūrus (indistinct): Heraclitus is very v., valde Heraclitus o. (Gr. ὁ σκοτεινός), id. Div. 2, 64, 133: o. poeta, ib. 132: o. res, Lucr. 1, 932.
8. invŏlūtus (intricate): res i., Cic. Or. 29, 102. Join: obscurus and caecus, obscurus and ignotus, obscurus and suspensus, flexiloquus and obscurus, id. Div. 2, 56, 115 (q. v. for. dif. between obscurus and ambiguus). Phr.: he gave v. explanations, nullas probabiles caussas afferebat, Tac. A. 6, 14: I begin to have some v. recollection, in memoriam regredior quasi per nebulam, Plaut. Capt. 5, 4, 25: v. suspicions, suspiciones imbecillae, Tac. A. 2, 76.
1. văgus: to have no v. and doubtful opinion, habere non errantem et v. opinionem, Cic. N. D. 2, 1, 2: giving very v. reasons for his absence, redditis caussis absentiae admodum v., Tac. A. 6, 15.
2. incertus (not fixed): a very v. hope, spes incertissima, Cic. Sest. 22, 50.
3. dŭbius (uncertain, undetermined): v. things, quae d. sunt, opp. certa atque concessa, Cic. Div. 2, 51, 106. v. words, d. verba, opp. aperta, Quint. 7, 2, 48: d. jus, opp certum, ib. 12, 3, 6.
4. anceps, cĭpĭtis (which may turn out in one of two ways, doubtful): a v. oracle, a. oraculum, Liv. 9, 3, ad med.
5. ambĭguus (capable of two interpretations): v. words, verba a., Cic. Or. 29, 102: a. scriptum, id. Top. 25, 96: a. oracula, id. Div. 2, 56, 115.
6. caecus: a v. surmise, c. suspicio, id. Fam. 6, 7, 4.
7. obscūrus (indistinct): Heraclitus is very v., valde Heraclitus o. (Gr. ὁ σκοτεινός), id. Div. 2, 64, 133: o. poeta, ib. 132: o. res, Lucr. 1, 932.
8. invŏlūtus (intricate): res i., Cic. Or. 29, 102. Join: obscurus and caecus, obscurus and ignotus, obscurus and suspensus, flexiloquus and obscurus, id. Div. 2, 56, 115 (q. v. for. dif. between obscurus and ambiguus). Phr.: he gave v. explanations, nullas probabiles caussas afferebat, Tac. A. 6, 14: I begin to have some v. recollection, in memoriam regredior quasi per nebulam, Plaut. Capt. 5, 4, 25: v. suspicions, suspiciones imbecillae, Tac. A. 2, 76.