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When an ambo is played for, the same two numbers may be played as single numbers, either al posto or senza posto_, and in such case one of the numbers alone may win.— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 28, February, 1860
I had many opportunities of communicating with the natives of Rumbo, and they have clearly a peculiar dialect, resembling exactly what you mention of substituting the final o for a, as in the word ambo for amba.— The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants
PROLOGVS PROLOGUE Tyndarus AND Philocrates ARE CHAINED, IN AN UNCOMFORTABLE POSITION, TO A PILLAR IN FRONT OF Hegio’s HOUSE Hos quos videtis stare his captives duos illi qui astant,[1] hi stant ambo, non sedent hoc vos mihi testes estis me verum loqui senex qui his habitat Hegio est huius pater These two prisoners you see standing here, well, both of those bystanders are men who are--standing, not sitting down.— Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives

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