amphibologia

English

Examples
They are frying chickens might mean Those are chickens for frying OR Those people are cooking chickens by frying them.

From Latin amphibologia, alternative form of amphibolia (“ambiguity”).

amphibologia (usually uncountable, plural amphibologias)

ambiguity of grammatical structure

From Greek ἀμφιβολογία (amphibología).

amphibologia f (genitive amphibologiae); first declension

Grammatical structure that can be understood in two different ways. Synonym: amphibolia.

First declension.