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Lewis Short
dŭbĭtātĭo (noun F) : dubito.
* A wavering in opinion or judgment; a being uncertain, a doubting; uncertainty, doubt.
* Prop.
* A wavering, hesitating in coming to a conclusion; hesitancy, irresolution, delay: aestuabat dubitatione, versabat se in utramque partem non solum mente, verum etiam corpore,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 30; cf.: qui timor! quae dubitatio! quanta haesitatio tractusque verborum!id. de Or. 2, 50: inter dubitationem et moras senati,Sall. J. 30, 3; cf. id. ib. 62, 9: aluit dubitatione bellum,Tac. A. 3, 41 fin. et saep.: (Caesar) nulla interposita dubitatione legiones ex castris educit,without any hesitation, promptly,Caes. B. G. 7, 40, 1; in this signif. very freq. in Cicero: sine ulla dubitatione,Cic. Cluent. 28, 75; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 12; id. Pis. 3; 21 fin.; id. N. D. 1, 1; id. de Or. 2, 28, 122; id. Fam. 1, 5, b. 2. et saep.; cf.: absque ulla dubitatione,Vulg. Ruth, 3, 13; less freq. merely sine dubitatione,without hesitation, unhesitatingly,Cic. Agr. 2, 9, 23; id. N. D. 3, 34, 84; id. Ac. 2, 29, 94; id. Top. 15 fin.; id. Att. 11, 16, 3; so Cic. Fil. Fam. 16, 21; Auct. B. Alex. 63, 2; Vulg. Act. 10, 29.
* Meton. (dubito, I. B.), a doubt, question, considering: indigna dubitatio homine!Cic. Lael. 19, 67; so, ad rem publicam adeundi,id. Rep. 1, 7, 12.
* Esp., as a fig. of speech, i. q. Gr. διαπόρησις, i. e. hesitation, embarrassment of the speaker, because unable to do justice to the greatness of his theme (e. g. Cic. Rosc. Am. 11; id. de Or. 3, 56, § 214), Auct. Her. 4, 29, 40; cf. Ernest. Lex. Technol. Lat. p. 136.
* With de: illa Socratica, de omnibus rebus,Cic. Ac. 1, 4, 17; Auct. B. Afr. 26.
* With rel. or interrog. clause: si quando dubitatio accidit, quale sit id, etc.,Cic. Off. 3, 4, 18; id. Cluent. 28, 76; id. Fam. 15, 21: alterum potest habere dubitationem, adhibendumne fuerit hoc genus ... an, etc.,id. Off. 3, 2, 9; id. Fam. 3, 5, 3; Quint. 11, 2, 44.—(ε) With quin: cum hic locus nihil habeat dubitationis, quin, etc.,Cic. Off. 2, 5, 17; cf. id. N. D. 2, 63, 158.—(ζ) With a subject acc. and inf.: hoc a rustico factum extra dubitationem est,Quint. 7, 1, 48.
* A wavering in opinion or judgment; a being uncertain, a doubting; uncertainty, doubt.
* Prop.
* A wavering, hesitating in coming to a conclusion; hesitancy, irresolution, delay: aestuabat dubitatione, versabat se in utramque partem non solum mente, verum etiam corpore,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 30; cf.: qui timor! quae dubitatio! quanta haesitatio tractusque verborum!id. de Or. 2, 50: inter dubitationem et moras senati,Sall. J. 30, 3; cf. id. ib. 62, 9: aluit dubitatione bellum,Tac. A. 3, 41 fin. et saep.: (Caesar) nulla interposita dubitatione legiones ex castris educit,without any hesitation, promptly,Caes. B. G. 7, 40, 1; in this signif. very freq. in Cicero: sine ulla dubitatione,Cic. Cluent. 28, 75; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 12; id. Pis. 3; 21 fin.; id. N. D. 1, 1; id. de Or. 2, 28, 122; id. Fam. 1, 5, b. 2. et saep.; cf.: absque ulla dubitatione,Vulg. Ruth, 3, 13; less freq. merely sine dubitatione,without hesitation, unhesitatingly,Cic. Agr. 2, 9, 23; id. N. D. 3, 34, 84; id. Ac. 2, 29, 94; id. Top. 15 fin.; id. Att. 11, 16, 3; so Cic. Fil. Fam. 16, 21; Auct. B. Alex. 63, 2; Vulg. Act. 10, 29.
* Meton. (dubito, I. B.), a doubt, question, considering: indigna dubitatio homine!Cic. Lael. 19, 67; so, ad rem publicam adeundi,id. Rep. 1, 7, 12.
* Esp., as a fig. of speech, i. q. Gr. διαπόρησις, i. e. hesitation, embarrassment of the speaker, because unable to do justice to the greatness of his theme (e. g. Cic. Rosc. Am. 11; id. de Or. 3, 56, § 214), Auct. Her. 4, 29, 40; cf. Ernest. Lex. Technol. Lat. p. 136.
* With de: illa Socratica, de omnibus rebus,Cic. Ac. 1, 4, 17; Auct. B. Afr. 26.
* With rel. or interrog. clause: si quando dubitatio accidit, quale sit id, etc.,Cic. Off. 3, 4, 18; id. Cluent. 28, 76; id. Fam. 15, 21: alterum potest habere dubitationem, adhibendumne fuerit hoc genus ... an, etc.,id. Off. 3, 2, 9; id. Fam. 3, 5, 3; Quint. 11, 2, 44.—(ε) With quin: cum hic locus nihil habeat dubitationis, quin, etc.,Cic. Off. 2, 5, 17; cf. id. N. D. 2, 63, 158.—(ζ) With a subject acc. and inf.: hoc a rustico factum extra dubitationem est,Quint. 7, 1, 48.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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