dubitatio

Latin

Etymology

From dubitō (“I waver”, “I doubt”) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

Noun

dubitātiō f (genitive dubitātiōnis); third declension

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