dubito
Ido
editEtymology
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Noun
editdubito (plural dubiti)
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editItalian
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editDeverbal from dubitare (“to doubt”) + -o. Cognate with Piedmontese dùbit.
Noun
editdubito m (plural dubiti) (archaic, literary)
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editEtymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
editdubito
Latin
editEtymology
editSomewhat 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
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈdu.bi.toː/, [ˈd̪ʊbɪt̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈdu.bi.to/, [ˈd̪uːbit̪o]
Verb
editdubitō (present infinitive dubitāre, perfect active dubitāvī, supine dubitātum); first conjugation
- to waver (in opinion), be uncertain, doubt, question, be in doubt
- to waver (in coming to a decision), hesitate, delay
- to reflect upon, ponder, consider, deliberate
Conjugation
edit1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.
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editReferences
edit- 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
- ^ “dǒuten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Further reading
edit- “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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