dubitatio
Latin
Etymology
From dubitō (“I waver”, “I doubt”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /du.biˈtaː.ti.oː/, [d̪ʊbɪˈt̪äːt̪ioː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /du.biˈtat.t͡si.o/, [d̪ubiˈt̪ät̪ː͡s̪io]
Noun
dubitātiō f (genitive dubitātiōnis); third declension
- doubt, uncertainty
- wavering, hesitation
- questioning
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | dubitātiō | dubitātiōnēs |
Genitive | dubitātiōnis | dubitātiōnum |
Dative | dubitātiōnī | dubitātiōnibus |
Accusative | dubitātiōnem | dubitātiōnēs |
Ablative | dubitātiōne | dubitātiōnibus |
Vocative | dubitātiō | dubitātiōnēs |
Descendants
- French: dubitation
- English: dubitation
- Italian: dubitazione
References
- “dubitatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “dubitatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- dubitatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- a thing which is rather (very) dubious: quod aliquam (magnam) dubitationem habet (Leg. Agr. 1. 4. 11)
- a doubt arises in my mind: dubitatio mihi affertur, inicitur
- to relieve a person of his doubts: dubitationem alicui tollere
- without any hesitation; without the least scruple: sine ulla dubitatione
- a thing which is rather (very) dubious: quod aliquam (magnam) dubitationem habet (Leg. Agr. 1. 4. 11)