dubitatio

Latin

Etymology

From dubitō (“I waver”, “I doubt”).

Pronunciation

Noun

dubitātiō f (genitive dubitātiōnis); third declension

  1. doubt, uncertainty
  2. wavering, hesitation
  3. questioning

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dubitātiō dubitātiōnēs
Genitive dubitātiōnis dubitātiōnum
Dative dubitātiōnī dubitātiōnibus
Accusative dubitātiōnem dubitātiōnēs
Ablative dubitātiōne dubitātiōnibus
Vocative dubitātiō dubitātiōnēs

Descendants

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
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