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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=Naevius|origins=ine-pro *bʰóh₁}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈam.boː], [ˈam.bɔ]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈam.bo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ambō̆''' ''m'' (feminine ambae, neuter ambō̆)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*ambō|t=both]], [[inh|ine-pro|*h₂(e)nt-bʰoH|t=both]].^(de Vaan 2008) The ending ⟨-ō⟩ continues the PIE dual.^(de Vaan 2008) Greek, Latin and Tocharian have a first syllable in *aN(t)-, and de Vaan suggests the word began as a case form of [[ine-pro|*h₂ent-|t=face]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) Cognate with [[grc|ἄμφω|tr=ámphō|t=both]], [[sa|उभ|tr=ubhá|t=both]], [[lt|abù]], [[cu|оба|tr=oba]] and [[got|𐌱𐌰𐌹|tr=bai]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Naevius uses it.^(de Vaan 2008) Köbler dates Naevius c. 235–200 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Classical Latin it was both of a pair, as Plautus' twins or both hands, and two taken together, as Caesar's two bridges.^(OLD 2012) Virgil uses it of each of two.^(OLD 2012) Plautus still has the old accusative ''ambō''.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Döderlein sets it, the halves of a pair, against [[uterque]], two separate units.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ It survives as [[it|ambo]], [[es|ambos]] and [[ro|ambii]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 235–200 BC – Naevius uses it.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of twins.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it of two bridges.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Determiner===

+ # [[m|en|Both]] (of a pair).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Both, the two together.^(OLD 2012)^(DMLBS)

+ # Each of two.^(OLD 2012)^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[ambiegnus]]

+ * [[amburbium]]

+ * [[anceps]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ante]]

+ * [[duo]]

+ * [[uterque]]

+ * [[en|both]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Medieval ''ambō'', ''ambōnis'' “pulpit” is a different word, from Greek ''ámbōn''.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}