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                    "description": "(adv.adv.) : dŭbĭto, āvi, ātum, 1\n* V. freq. n. and a. [for duhibitare, freq. from duhibeo, i. e. duohabeo (cf. habitare from habeo), to have or hold, as two, v. dubius; cf. also Gr. δοιάζω from δοιοί; Germ. zweifeln from zwei], to vibrate from one side to the other, to and fro, in one's opinions or in coming to a conclusion (freq. in all periods and sorts of composition; in class. prose usually with negations or in a negative interrogation, as: non dubito, haud dubito, quis dubitat? etc.\n* To waver in opinion or judgment, to be uncertain, to be in doubt, to doubt, question.\n* Absol. (rare but class.): ne vinolenti quidem quae faciunt eadem approbatione faciunt qua sobrii; dubitant, haesitant, revocant se interdum,Cic. Ac. 2, 17, 52; cf. id. ib. 2, 23, 72: et interrogamus et dubitamus et affirmamus,Quint. 6, 3, 70; cf. id. 10, 1, 19; 10, 3, 19: Livius frequentissime dubitat,id. 2, 4, 19; 9, 2, 20: vivo equidem, ne dubita; nam vera vides,Verg. A. 3, 316: ut jam liceat una comprehensione omnia complecti non dubitantemque (= sine ulla dubitatione) dicere,Cic. Fin. 5, 9, 26; id. Fam. 5, 16, 4 Madv.; so id. Div. 1, 55, 125.\n* To waver in coming to a conclusion, to be irresolute; to hesitate, delay.\n* Meton., to reflect upon, to ponder, consider, deliberate: in utramque partem cogitare, deliberare, etc. (very rare): haec dum dubitas, menses abierunt decem,Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 57: restat, judices, ut hoc dubitemus, uter, etc.,Cic. Rosc. Am. 31, 88: percipe porro, quid dubitem,Verg. A. 9, 191: dubitaverat Augustus Germanicum rei Romanae imponere,had considered whether he should,Tac. A. 4, 57.\n* Transf., of inan. and abstr. subjects, to be uncertain, doubtful: si tardior manus dubitet,Quint. 5, 10, 124: suspensa ac velut dubitans oratio,id. 10, 7, 22: aut vincere aut, si fortuna dubitabit (= adversabit), etc.,Liv. 21, 44 fin.: nec mox fama dubitavit, cum, etc.,Flor. 1, 1, 2.\n* With inf. (so most commonly): non dubitaverim   me gravissimis tempestatibus obvium ferre, Cic. Rep. 1, 4; so with a negation,id. ib. 1, 15; id. Lael. 1; id. de Or. 1, 40 et saep.; Caes. B. G. 2, 23, 2: flumen transire, 6, 8, 1; id. B. C. 1, 71, 2; 2, 33, 2 and fin.; Verg. A. 7, 311; 8, 614 et saep.: quid dubitamus pultare atque huc evocare ambos foras?Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 29; so in an interrog.,id. Mil. 4, 2, 17; id. Ps. 2, 2, 30; id. Poen. 3, 5, 44; Caes. B. C. 2, 34, 4; Quint. 12, 5, 3; 12, 10, 63; Verg. A. 6, 807 al.—Very seldom affirmatively: quod ea illi nubere dubitabat,Sall. C. 15, 2: accusat fratrem, quod dubitet omnia quae ad beatam vitam pertineant ventre metiri,Cic. N. D. 1, 40, 113: dubitat agnoscere matrem,Stat. Achill. 1, 250: si forte dubitaret quod afferretur accipere,Curt. 4, 5: isdem mandatum ut occiderent, si venire dubitaret,id. 10, 8.—Ellipt.: quod dubitas, ne feceris,Plin. Ep. 1, 18, 5.\n* Non dubito quin (rare in Cic. and Caes.): nemo dubitabat, quin, etc.,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 13; id. Mil. 23, 63; id. Agr. 2, 26, 69: tum dubitandum non existimavit, quin proficisceretur,Caes. B. G. 2, 2, 5; id. B. C. 3, 71, 1; cf.: nolite dubitare, quin huic uni credatis omnia,Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 23, 68; and in an interrog.: dubitabitis, judices, quin? etc.,id. Fl. 17, 40; id. de Imp. Pomp. 16, 49.\n* Dŭbĭtanter, adv. *\n* Doubtingly: sine ulla affirmatione, dubitanter unum quodque dicemus,Cic. Inv. 2, 3, 10.\n* Dŭbĭ-tātim, adv. (i. q. dubitanter, 2.), hesitatingly, with hesitation (only in the foll. passages), Sisenn. ap. Non. 98, 33; so Cael. Ann. ib."
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