dubito

dubito

See also: dubitò

Ido

Noun

dubito (plural dubiti)

1. doubt

Related terms

→

• dubitar
• dubitebla

• dubitema
• dubitinda

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdu.bi.to/, [ˈd̪uːbit̪o]
• Rhymes: -ubito
• Stress: dùbito
• Hyphenation: du‧bi‧to

Etymology 1

Back-formation from dubitare (“to doubt”).

Noun

dubito m (plural dubiti) (archaic, literary)

1. doubt

   Synonym: dubbio

Related terms

• dubbio
• dubitabile
• dubitanza
• dubitare
• dubitativo
• dubitatore
• dubitazione
• dubitoso

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

dubito

1. first-person singular present indicative of dubitare

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Latin

Etymology

Three hypotheses:

• From *duhibitō, frequentative of *duhibeo, from *duohabeo, from duo + habeō.[1]
• From dubius (“indecisive, undecided, hesitating”).[2]
• Frequentative of *dubō, from the adjective *dubos/dubus. [3]

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈdu.bi.toː/, [ˈdʊ.bɪ.toː]

Verb

dubitō (present infinitive dubitāre, perfect active dubitāvī, supine dubitātum); first conjugation

1. I waver (in opinion), am uncertain, doubt, question, am in doubt
2. I waver (in coming to a decision), hesitate, delay
3. I reflect upon, ponder, consider, deliberate

Inflection

Conjugation of dubito (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dubitō	dubitās	dubitat	dubitāmus	dubitātis	dubitant
	imperfect	dubitābam	dubitābās	dubitābat	dubitābāmus	dubitābātis	dubitābant
	future	dubitābō	dubitābis	dubitābit	dubitābimus	dubitābitis	dubitābunt
	perfect	dubitāvī	dubitāvistī, dubitāsti1	dubitāvit	dubitāvimus	dubitāvistis, dubitāstis1	dubitāvērunt, dubitāvēre
	pluperfect	dubitāveram	dubitāverās	dubitāverat	dubitāverāmus	dubitāverātis	dubitāverant
	future perfect	dubitāverō	dubitāveris	dubitāverit	dubitāverimus	dubitāveritis	dubitāverint
passive	present	dubitor	dubitāris, dubitāre	dubitātur	dubitāmur	dubitāminī	dubitantur
	imperfect	dubitābar	dubitābāris, dubitābāre	dubitābātur	dubitābāmur	dubitābāminī	dubitābantur
	future	dubitābor	dubitāberis, dubitābere	dubitābitur	dubitābimur	dubitābiminī	dubitābuntur
	perfect	dubitātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	dubitātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	dubitātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dubitem	dubitēs	dubitet	dubitēmus	dubitētis	dubitent
	imperfect	dubitārem	dubitārēs	dubitāret	dubitārēmus	dubitārētis	dubitārent
	perfect	dubitāverim	dubitāverīs	dubitāverit	dubitāverimus	dubitāveritis	dubitāverint
	pluperfect	dubitāvissem, dubitāssem1	dubitāvissēs, dubitāsses1	dubitāvisset, dubitāsset1	dubitāvissēmus, dubitāssemus1	dubitāvissētis, dubitāssetis1	dubitāvissent, dubitāssent1
passive	present	dubiter	dubitēris, dubitēre	dubitētur	dubitēmur	dubitēminī	dubitentur
	imperfect	dubitārer	dubitārēris, dubitārēre	dubitārētur	dubitārēmur	dubitārēminī	dubitārentur
	perfect	dubitātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	dubitātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	dubitā	—	—	dubitāte	—
	future	—	dubitātō	dubitātō	—	dubitātōte	dubitantō
passive	present	—	dubitāre	—	—	dubitāminī	—
	future	—	dubitātor	dubitātor	—	—	dubitantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		dubitāre	dubitāvisse, dubitāsse1	dubitātūrus esse	dubitārī	dubitātus esse	dubitātum īrī
participles		dubitāns	—	dubitātūrus	—	dubitātus	dubitandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		nominative	genitive	dative/ablative	accusative	accusative	ablative
		dubitāre	dubitandī	dubitandō	dubitandum	dubitātum	dubitātū

¹At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

• addubitō
• dubitābilis
• dubitanter
• dubitātim
• dubitātiō

• dubitātīvus
• dubitātor
• dubitātus
• indubitō

Descendants

• Asturian: duldar
• Catalan: dubtar
• Dalmatian: dobitur
• English: doubt (via Old French)
• French: douter
• Italian: dubitare

• Occitan: dobtar
• Old Portuguese: dovidar
• Portuguese: duvidar
• Romanian: dubita
• Spanish: dudar

References

• dubito in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• dubito in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• dubito in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

1. dubito in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
2. “dubitare” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN
3. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill