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See also: dubitò

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Etymology

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Noun

dubito (plural dubiti)

  1. doubt

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Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdu.bi.to/
  • Rhymes: -ubito
  • Hyphenation: dù‧bi‧to

Etymology 1

Deverbal from dubitare (“to doubt”) +‎ -o. Cognate with Piedmontese dùbit.

Noun

dubito m (plural dubiti) (archaic, literary)

  1. doubt
    Synonym: dubbio
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Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

dubito

  1. first-person singular present indicative of dubitare

Latin

Etymology

Somewhat uncertain, but likely as a frequentative of dubō (attested only as a gloss by Paulus/Festus), denominative of *dubos (“in doubt”, adj.), from Proto-Indo-European *dwi- (“two-”) + *bʰuH- (“to be”). See dubius for details. For the relation to "two" cf. Ancient Greek δισσός (dissós, “twofold; doubtful”), δοιάζω (doiázō, “to be in two minds”) and German Zweifel (“doubt”).

Pronunciation

Verb

dubitō (present infinitive dubitāre, perfect active dubitāvī, supine dubitātum); first conjugation

  1. to waver (in opinion), be uncertain, doubt, question, be in doubt
    Synonyms: errō, vagor, fluitō, pendeō
    Antonym: cōnstō
  2. to waver (in coming to a decision), hesitate, delay
    Synonyms: retardō, tardō, moror, cūnctor, prōtrahō, trahō, differō
    Antonyms: ruō, accurrō, currō, festīnō, prōvolō, properō, corripiō, affluō, mātūrō
  3. to reflect upon, ponder, consider, deliberate
    Synonyms: reflectō, perpendō, ponderō, dēlīberō, putō, pendō, cōnsīderō, reputō, cōnsulō, replicō, cōnsultō, circumspiciō, videō, trahō, versō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of dubitō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present dubitō dubitās dubitat dubitāmus dubitātis dubitant
imperfect dubitābam dubitābās dubitābat dubitābāmus dubitābātis dubitābant
future dubitābō dubitābis dubitābit dubitābimus dubitābitis dubitābunt
perfect dubitāvī dubitāvistī,
dubitāstī1 		dubitāvit,
dubitāt1 		dubitāvimus,
dubitāmus1 		dubitāvistis,
dubitāstis1 		dubitāvērunt,
dubitāvēre,
dubitārunt1
pluperfect dubitāveram,
dubitāram1 		dubitāverās,
dubitārās1 		dubitāverat,
dubitārat1 		dubitāverāmus,
dubitārāmus1 		dubitāverātis,
dubitārātis1 		dubitāverant,
dubitārant1
future perfect dubitāverō,
dubitārō1 		dubitāveris,
dubitāris1 		dubitāverit,
dubitārit1 		dubitāverimus,
dubitārimus1 		dubitāveritis,
dubitāritis1 		dubitāverint,
dubitārint1
passive present dubitor dubitāris,
dubitāre 		dubitātur dubitāmur dubitāminī dubitantur
imperfect dubitābar dubitābāris,
dubitābāre 		dubitābātur dubitābāmur dubitābāminī dubitābantur
future dubitābor dubitāberis,
dubitābere 		dubitābitur dubitābimur dubitābiminī dubitābuntur
perfect dubitātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect dubitātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect dubitātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present dubitem dubitēs dubitet dubitēmus dubitētis dubitent
imperfect dubitārem dubitārēs dubitāret dubitārēmus dubitārētis dubitārent
perfect dubitāverim,
dubitārim1 		dubitāverīs,
dubitārīs1 		dubitāverit,
dubitārit1 		dubitāverīmus,
dubitārīmus1 		dubitāverītis,
dubitārītis1 		dubitāverint,
dubitārint1
pluperfect dubitāvissem,
dubitāssem1 		dubitāvissēs,
dubitāssēs1 		dubitāvisset,
dubitāsset1 		dubitāvissēmus,
dubitāssēmus1 		dubitāvissētis,
dubitāssētis1 		dubitāvissent,
dubitāssent1
passive present dubiter dubitēris,
dubitēre 		dubitētur dubitēmur dubitēminī dubitentur
imperfect dubitārer dubitārēris,
dubitārēre 		dubitārētur dubitārēmur dubitārēminī dubitārentur
perfect dubitātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect dubitātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — dubitā — — dubitāte —
future — dubitātō dubitātō — dubitātōte dubitantō
passive present — dubitāre — — dubitāminī —
future — dubitātor dubitātor — — dubitantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives dubitāre dubitāvisse,
dubitāsse1 		dubitātūrum esse dubitārī dubitātum esse dubitātum īrī
participles dubitāns — dubitātūrus — dubitātus dubitandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
dubitandī dubitandō dubitandum dubitandō dubitātum dubitātū

1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “dubius”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 180
  • Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1938) “dubius”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 375
  1. ^ “dǒuten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Further reading

  • “dubito”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “dubito”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • dubito in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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