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Latin
Etymology
From dubitō (“I waver”, “I doubt”) + -tiō.
Pronunciation
Noun
dubitātiō f (genitive dubitātiōnis); third declension
- doubt, uncertainty
- wavering, hesitation
- questioning
Declension
Third-declension noun.
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