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|lshtext=<b>dŭbĭto</b>: āvi, ātum, 1,<br /><b>I</b> v. freq. n. and a. [for duhibitare, freq. from duhibeo, i. e. duohabeo (cf. habitare from [[habeo]]), to [[have]] or [[hold]], as [[two]], v. [[dubius]]; cf. also Gr. [[δοιάζω]] from [[δοιοί]]; Germ. zweifeln from zwei], to [[vibrate]] from one [[side]] to the [[other]], to and [[fro]], in one's opinions or in [[coming]] to a [[conclusion]] (freq. in all periods and sorts of [[composition]]; in [[class]]. [[prose]] [[usually]] [[with]] negations or in a [[negative]] [[interrogation]], as: non [[dubito]], [[haud]] [[dubito]], [[quis]] dubitat? etc.<br /><b>I</b> To [[waver]] in [[opinion]] or [[judgment]], to be [[uncertain]], to be in [[doubt]], to [[doubt]], [[question]].<br /> <b>(a)</b> Absol. ([[rare]] [[but]] [[class]].): ne vinolenti [[quidem]] quae faciunt [[eadem]] approbatione faciunt [[qua]] sobrii; dubitant, haesitant, revocant se [[interdum]], Cic. Ac. 2, 17, 52; cf. id. ib. 2, 23, 72: et interrogamus et dubitamus et affirmamus, Quint. 6, 3, 70; cf. id. 10, 1, 19; 10, 3, 19: [[Livius]] frequentissime dubitat, id. 2, 4, 19; 9, 2, 20: [[vivo]] [[equidem]], ne dubita; nam vera vides, Verg. A. 3, 316: ut jam liceat una comprehensione omnia complecti non dubitantemque (= [[sine]] ulla dubitatione) dicere, Cic. Fin. 5, 9, 26; id. Fam. 5, 16, 4 Madv.; so id. Div. 1, 55, 125.—<br /> <b>(b)</b> With de ([[class]].): de indicando dubitat, Cic. Sull. 18, 52; id. Fam. 12, 17; Quint. 1, 10, 29; 4, 5, 13.—With a [[negation]]: nec [[vero]] de hoc [[quisquam]] dubitare posset, [[nisi]], etc., Cic. Tusc. 1, 30, 73: de [[aliqua]] re, id. N. D. 1, 8: de divina ratione, id. ib. 2, 39, 99: de tua [[erga]] me voluntate, id. Fam. 13, 45 fin.; cf. id. Att. 12, 26: de ejus [[fide]], Caes. B. G. 7, 21, 1: cf. id. ib. 7, 77, 10; 1, 40 fin.: de carminibus, Quint. 10, 5, 4: de ultima [[illa]] (parte), id. 12, 2, 10: de se, Pompei ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12 A et saep.—Pass. impers.: de armis dubitatum est, Cic. Caecin. 13, 38: de judicio Panaetii dubitari non potest, id. Off. 3, 3; so, de auctore, Quint. 7, 2, 8: de hac (virtute) [[nihil]] dubitabitur, id. 2, 20, 7.—<br /> <b>(g)</b> With acc. (in [[class]]. [[prose]] [[only]] [[with]] a neutr. pron.): haec non turpe est dubitare philosophos, quae ne rustici [[quidem]] dubitant? Cic. Off. 3, 19, 77; Quint. 2, 17, 2; Plaut. Ps. 2, 1, 2; Ov. H. 17, 37; id. M. 6, 194; id. Tr. 2, 331.—In the [[pass]].: [[causa]] [[prorsus]], [[quod]] dubitari posset, [[nihil]] habebat, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 22; cf. id. ib. 28; Liv. 5, 3: dubitati tecta parentis, Ov. M. 2, 20: sidera, Stat. S. 1, 4, 2: ne [[auctor]] dubitaretur, Tac. A. 14, 7; cf. [[infra]], ε: dicta [[haud]] dubitanda, Verg. A. 3, 170.—<br /> <b>(d)</b> With an interrog. pron. ([[good]] [[prose]], [[but]] [[rare]]): ubi tu dubites, [[quid]] sumas potissimum, Ter. Ph. 2, 2, 29: non [[dubito]], [[quid]] nobis agendum putes, Cic. Att. 10, 1, 2; id. Fam. 11, 17, 2; 15, 9; Caes. B. C. 2, 32, 10: [[cur]] dubitas, [[quid]] de re publica sentias? Cic. Rep. 1, 38 fin.; cf. id. ib. 3, 17 fin.; id. de Imp. Pomp. 16 fin.—（ε) With interrog. particles ([[very]] freq. and [[class]].): si me non improbissime tractasset, dubitassem [[fortasse]] [[utrum]], etc., Cic. Att. 16, 15, 1: desinite dubitare, [[utrum]] [[sit]] utilius, etc.… an, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 89; cf. impers., id. Att. 4, 15, 7; Liv. 5, 3: honestumne factu [[sit]] an turpe dubitant, Cic. Off. 1, 3, 9: dubitavi, hos homines emerem, an non emerem, Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 95; cf. Sall. J. 74, 2; Hor. C. 1, 12, 35: recte [[necne]], etc., id. Ep. 2, 1, 80: [[licet]] et dubitare num [[quid]] nos fugerit, Quint. 6, 1, 3: [[dubito]], num, etc., Plin. Ep. 6, 27, 1; Tac. H. 2, 37; de L. Bruto [[fortasse]] dubitarim, an, etc., Cic. Tusc. 4, 22, 50 et saep.—Cf. [[respecting]] the [[expression]] [[dubito]] an, the [[art]]. an, II., and Zumpt, Gramm. § 354.—Poet. in [[pass]]. (cf. [[supra]], γ): an dea sim, dubitor, Ov. M. 6, 208.—（ζ) Non [[dubito]], [[quin]] ([[very]] freq. and [[class]].): non [[hercle]] [[dubito]], [[quin]] [[tibi]] ingenio [[nemo]] praestiterit, Cic. Rep. 1, 23; id. Div. 1, 57, 129; id. de Sen. 10, 31; id. Att. 6, 2, 3; id. Fam. 13, 73 fin.; id. Verr. 2, 1, 40: [[numquid]] tu dubitas [[quin]] ego [[nunc]] [[perpetuo]] perierim? Have [[you]] a [[doubt]]? etc., Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 13; Caes. B. G. 1, 17, 4; 1, 31, 15; Quint. 12, 1, 42; Suet. Tib. 17; Ov. H. 17, 11; 245; id. Tr. 5, 7, 59 et saep.; cf. [[pass]]. impers.: dubitari (non) potest, [[quin]], etc., Cic. Ac. 2, 23 fin.; id. Off. 3, 2, 9; Quint. 10, 2, 1: dubitari potest [[quin]] [[usque]] eo eicienda [[sit]], Sen. Contr. 1, 3, 1: illud [[cave]] dubites, [[quin]], etc., Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 6; [[quid]] dubitas, [[quin]] [[sit]], etc., Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 42; so in an interrog., id. Poen. 1, 1, 55; 4, 2, 59; Quint. 7, 6, 10; cf. Cic. N. D. 2, 38, 97; Caes. B. G. 7, 38, 8.—（η) With acc. and inf. (freq. [[only]] [[since]] the Aug. [[period]], and in gen. [[only]] negatively; not [[found]] in Plaut., Ter., or Cic.; [[but]] [[usual]] in [[Nepos]]): [[neque]] humorem dubitavi aurasque perire, Lucr. 5, 249: gratos [[tibi]] esse qui de me rumores afferuntur, non [[dubito]], Cic. Fil. Fam. 16, 21, 2 (cf., on the [[contrary]], § 7: noli dubitare, [[quin]] te sublevaturus sim): ignorabant aut dubitabant animas hominum immortales esse, Lact. 6, 3, 5: non [[dubito]], [[fore]] plerosque qui, etc., Nep. praef. § 1; id. Milt. 3, 6; id. Lys. 3, 5; id. Alcib. 9, 5; id. Ages. 3, 1; id. Eum. 2, 3; id. Hann. 11, 2; Liv. 2, 64; 22, 55 Drak. et saep.; Quint. 3, 7, 5; 5, 10, 76; 9, 4, 114; Suet. Claud. 35 et saep.; cf. in an interrog.: an est [[quisquam]] qui dubitet, tribunos offensos esse? Liv. 5, 3; so, [[quis]] dubitat, Quint. 9, 4, 68; 130; 10, 1, 81. —Pass. impers.: an dubitabitur, ibi partes oratoris esse praecipuas? id. prooem. § 12. —Affirm.: piraticam ut musicam, fabricam dici [[adhuc]] dubitabant mei praeceptores, Quint. 8, 3, 34.—<br /> <b>2</b> Transf., of inan. and abstr. subjects, to be [[uncertain]], [[doubtful]]: si tardior [[manus]] dubitet, Quint. 5, 10, 124: suspensa ac [[velut]] dubitans [[oratio]], id. 10, 7, 22: aut vincere aut, si [[fortuna]] dubitabit (= adversabit), etc., Liv. 21, 44 fin.: nec mox [[fama]] dubitavit, cum, etc., Flor. 1, 1, 2.—<br /> <b>B</b> [[Meton]]., to [[reflect]] [[upon]], to [[ponder]], [[consider]], [[deliberate]]: in utramque partem cogitare, deliberare, etc. ([[very]] [[rare]]): haec dum dubitas, menses abierunt [[decem]], Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 57: restat, judices, ut hoc dubitemus, [[uter]], etc., Cic. Rosc. Am. 31, 88: percipe [[porro]], [[quid]] dubitem, Verg. A. 9, 191: dubitaverat [[Augustus]] Germanicum rei Romanae imponere, had considered [[whether]] he should, Tac. A. 4, 57.<br /><b>II</b> To [[waver]] in [[coming]] to a [[conclusion]], to be [[irresolute]]; to [[hesitate]], [[delay]].<br /> <b>(a)</b> With inf. (so [[most]] [[commonly]]): non dubitaverim me gravissimis tempestatibus obvium ferre, Cic. Rep. 1, 4; so [[with]] a [[negation]], id. ib. 1, 15; id. Lael. 1; id. de Or. 1, 40 et saep.; Caes. B. G. 2, 23, 2: [[flumen]] transire, 6, 8, 1; id. B. C. 1, 71, 2; 2, 33, 2 and fin.; Verg. A. 7, 311; 8, 614 et saep.: [[quid]] dubitamus pultare [[atque]] huc evocare ambos [[foras]]? Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 29; so in an interrog., id. Mil. 4, 2, 17; id. Ps. 2, 2, 30; id. Poen. 3, 5, 44; Caes. B. C. 2, 34, 4; Quint. 12, 5, 3; 12, 10, 63; Verg. A. 6, 807 al.—Very [[seldom]] affirmatively: [[quod]] ea [[illi]] nubere dubitabat, Sall. C. 15, 2: accusat fratrem, [[quod]] dubitet omnia quae ad beatam vitam pertineant ventre metiri, Cic. N. D. 1, 40, 113: dubitat agnoscere matrem, Stat. Achill. 1, 250: si [[forte]] dubitaret [[quod]] afferretur accipere, Curt. 4, 5: isdem [[mandatum]] ut occiderent, si venire dubitaret, id. 10, 8.—Ellipt.: [[quod]] dubitas, ne feceris, Plin. Ep. 1, 18, 5.—<br /> <b>(b)</b> Non [[dubito]] [[quin]] ([[rare]] in Cic. and Caes.): [[nemo]] dubitabat, [[quin]], etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 13; id. Mil. 23, 63; id. Agr. 2, 26, 69: tum dubitandum non existimavit, [[quin]] proficisceretur, Caes. B. G. 2, 2, 5; id. B. C. 3, 71, 1; cf.: nolite dubitare, [[quin]] huic uni credatis omnia, Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 23, 68; and in an interrog.: dubitabitis, judices, [[quin]]? etc., id. Fl. 17, 40; id. de Imp. Pomp. 16, 49.—<br /> <b>(g)</b> Absol. ([[rare]]): te [[neque]] [[umquam]] dubitasse, [[neque]] timuisse, Caes. B. G. 1, 41, 3: sed [[mora]] damnosa est, nec res dubitare remittit, Ov. M. 11, 377: [[quid]] [[igitur]] ego [[dubito]]? Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 283; so in an interrog., id. Men. 5, 7, 6; Caes. B. G. 5, 44, 3; Verg. A. 9, 12: magnitudine supplicii dubitantes cogit, Caes. B. G. 7, 4, 9; id. ib. 7, 63, 3; Sall. C. 28, 1 al.: dubitantia lumina, [[failing]], Sil. 10, 154. —Hence,<br /> <b>A</b> dŭbĭtanter, adv. *<br /> <b>1</b> Doubtingly: [[sine]] ulla affirmatione, [[dubitanter]] unum quodque dicemus, Cic. Inv. 2, 3, 10.—<br /> <b>2</b> Hesitatingly, [[with]] [[hesitancy]] ([[very]] [[rare]]): illum [[verecunde]] et [[dubitanter]] recepisse, Cic. Brut. 22, 87; cf. Asin. [[Pollio]] ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 31, 2.—<br /> <b>B</b> dŭbĭ-tātim, adv. (i. q. [[dubitanter]], 2.), [[hesitatingly]], [[with]] [[hesitation]] ([[only]] in the foll. passages), Sisenn. ap. Non. 98, 33; so Cael. Ann. ib. | |lshtext=<b>dŭbĭto</b>: āvi, ātum, 1,<br /><b>I</b> v. freq. n. and a. [for duhibitare, freq. from duhibeo, i. e. duohabeo (cf. habitare from [[habeo]]), to [[have]] or [[hold]], as [[two]], v. [[dubius]]; cf. also Gr. [[δοιάζω]] from [[δοιοί]]; Germ. zweifeln from zwei], to [[vibrate]] from one [[side]] to the [[other]], to and [[fro]], in one's opinions or in [[coming]] to a [[conclusion]] (freq. in all periods and sorts of [[composition]]; in [[class]]. [[prose]] [[usually]] [[with]] negations or in a [[negative]] [[interrogation]], as: non [[dubito]], [[haud]] [[dubito]], [[quis]] dubitat? etc.<br /><b>I</b> To [[waver]] in [[opinion]] or [[judgment]], to be [[uncertain]], to be in [[doubt]], to [[doubt]], [[question]].<br /> <b>(a)</b> Absol. ([[rare]] [[but]] [[class]].): ne vinolenti [[quidem]] quae faciunt [[eadem]] approbatione faciunt [[qua]] sobrii; dubitant, haesitant, revocant se [[interdum]], Cic. Ac. 2, 17, 52; cf. id. ib. 2, 23, 72: et interrogamus et dubitamus et affirmamus, Quint. 6, 3, 70; cf. id. 10, 1, 19; 10, 3, 19: [[Livius]] frequentissime dubitat, id. 2, 4, 19; 9, 2, 20: [[vivo]] [[equidem]], ne dubita; nam vera vides, Verg. A. 3, 316: ut jam liceat una comprehensione omnia complecti non dubitantemque (= [[sine]] ulla dubitatione) dicere, Cic. Fin. 5, 9, 26; id. Fam. 5, 16, 4 Madv.; so id. Div. 1, 55, 125.—<br /> <b>(b)</b> With de ([[class]].): de indicando dubitat, Cic. Sull. 18, 52; id. Fam. 12, 17; Quint. 1, 10, 29; 4, 5, 13.—With a [[negation]]: nec [[vero]] de hoc [[quisquam]] dubitare posset, [[nisi]], etc., Cic. Tusc. 1, 30, 73: de [[aliqua]] re, id. N. D. 1, 8: de divina ratione, id. ib. 2, 39, 99: de tua [[erga]] me voluntate, id. Fam. 13, 45 fin.; cf. id. Att. 12, 26: de ejus [[fide]], Caes. B. G. 7, 21, 1: cf. id. ib. 7, 77, 10; 1, 40 fin.: de carminibus, Quint. 10, 5, 4: de ultima [[illa]] (parte), id. 12, 2, 10: de se, Pompei ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12 A et saep.—Pass. impers.: de armis dubitatum est, Cic. Caecin. 13, 38: de judicio Panaetii dubitari non potest, id. Off. 3, 3; so, de auctore, Quint. 7, 2, 8: de hac (virtute) [[nihil]] dubitabitur, id. 2, 20, 7.—<br /> <b>(g)</b> With acc. (in [[class]]. [[prose]] [[only]] [[with]] a neutr. pron.): haec non turpe est dubitare philosophos, quae ne rustici [[quidem]] dubitant? Cic. Off. 3, 19, 77; Quint. 2, 17, 2; Plaut. Ps. 2, 1, 2; Ov. H. 17, 37; id. M. 6, 194; id. Tr. 2, 331.—In the [[pass]].: [[causa]] [[prorsus]], [[quod]] dubitari posset, [[nihil]] habebat, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 22; cf. id. ib. 28; Liv. 5, 3: dubitati tecta parentis, Ov. M. 2, 20: sidera, Stat. S. 1, 4, 2: ne [[auctor]] dubitaretur, Tac. A. 14, 7; cf. [[infra]], ε: dicta [[haud]] dubitanda, Verg. A. 3, 170.—<br /> <b>(d)</b> With an interrog. pron. ([[good]] [[prose]], [[but]] [[rare]]): ubi tu dubites, [[quid]] sumas potissimum, Ter. Ph. 2, 2, 29: non [[dubito]], [[quid]] nobis agendum putes, Cic. Att. 10, 1, 2; id. Fam. 11, 17, 2; 15, 9; Caes. B. C. 2, 32, 10: [[cur]] dubitas, [[quid]] de re publica sentias? Cic. Rep. 1, 38 fin.; cf. id. ib. 3, 17 fin.; id. de Imp. Pomp. 16 fin.—（ε) With interrog. particles ([[very]] freq. and [[class]].): si me non improbissime tractasset, dubitassem [[fortasse]] [[utrum]], etc., Cic. Att. 16, 15, 1: desinite dubitare, [[utrum]] [[sit]] utilius, etc.… an, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 89; cf. impers., id. Att. 4, 15, 7; Liv. 5, 3: honestumne factu [[sit]] an turpe dubitant, Cic. Off. 1, 3, 9: dubitavi, hos homines emerem, an non emerem, Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 95; cf. Sall. J. 74, 2; Hor. C. 1, 12, 35: recte [[necne]], etc., id. Ep. 2, 1, 80: [[licet]] et dubitare num [[quid]] nos fugerit, Quint. 6, 1, 3: [[dubito]], num, etc., Plin. Ep. 6, 27, 1; Tac. H. 2, 37; de L. Bruto [[fortasse]] dubitarim, an, etc., Cic. Tusc. 4, 22, 50 et saep.—Cf. [[respecting]] the [[expression]] [[dubito]] an, the [[art]]. an, II., and Zumpt, Gramm. § 354.—Poet. in [[pass]]. (cf. [[supra]], γ): an dea sim, dubitor, Ov. M. 6, 208.—（ζ) Non [[dubito]], [[quin]] ([[very]] freq. and [[class]].): non [[hercle]] [[dubito]], [[quin]] [[tibi]] ingenio [[nemo]] praestiterit, Cic. Rep. 1, 23; id. Div. 1, 57, 129; id. de Sen. 10, 31; id. Att. 6, 2, 3; id. Fam. 13, 73 fin.; id. Verr. 2, 1, 40: [[numquid]] tu dubitas [[quin]] ego [[nunc]] [[perpetuo]] perierim? Have [[you]] a [[doubt]]? etc., Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 13; Caes. B. G. 1, 17, 4; 1, 31, 15; Quint. 12, 1, 42; Suet. Tib. 17; Ov. H. 17, 11; 245; id. Tr. 5, 7, 59 et saep.; cf. [[pass]]. impers.: dubitari (non) potest, [[quin]], etc., Cic. Ac. 2, 23 fin.; id. Off. 3, 2, 9; Quint. 10, 2, 1: dubitari potest [[quin]] [[usque]] eo eicienda [[sit]], Sen. Contr. 1, 3, 1: illud [[cave]] dubites, [[quin]], etc., Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 6; [[quid]] dubitas, [[quin]] [[sit]], etc., Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 42; so in an interrog., id. Poen. 1, 1, 55; 4, 2, 59; Quint. 7, 6, 10; cf. Cic. N. D. 2, 38, 97; Caes. B. G. 7, 38, 8.—（η) With acc. and inf. (freq. [[only]] [[since]] the Aug. [[period]], and in gen. [[only]] negatively; not [[found]] in Plaut., Ter., or Cic.; [[but]] [[usual]] in [[Nepos]]): [[neque]] humorem dubitavi aurasque perire, Lucr. 5, 249: gratos [[tibi]] esse qui de me rumores afferuntur, non [[dubito]], Cic. Fil. Fam. 16, 21, 2 (cf., on the [[contrary]], § 7: noli dubitare, [[quin]] te sublevaturus sim): ignorabant aut dubitabant animas hominum immortales esse, Lact. 6, 3, 5: non [[dubito]], [[fore]] plerosque qui, etc., Nep. praef. § 1; id. Milt. 3, 6; id. Lys. 3, 5; id. Alcib. 9, 5; id. Ages. 3, 1; id. Eum. 2, 3; id. Hann. 11, 2; Liv. 2, 64; 22, 55 Drak. et saep.; Quint. 3, 7, 5; 5, 10, 76; 9, 4, 114; Suet. Claud. 35 et saep.; cf. in an interrog.: an est [[quisquam]] qui dubitet, tribunos offensos esse? Liv. 5, 3; so, [[quis]] dubitat, Quint. 9, 4, 68; 130; 10, 1, 81. —Pass. impers.: an dubitabitur, ibi partes oratoris esse praecipuas? id. prooem. § 12. —Affirm.: piraticam ut musicam, fabricam dici [[adhuc]] dubitabant mei praeceptores, Quint. 8, 3, 34.—<br /> <b>2</b> Transf., of inan. and abstr. subjects, to be [[uncertain]], [[doubtful]]: si tardior [[manus]] dubitet, Quint. 5, 10, 124: suspensa ac [[velut]] dubitans [[oratio]], id. 10, 7, 22: aut vincere aut, si [[fortuna]] dubitabit (= adversabit), etc., Liv. 21, 44 fin.: nec mox [[fama]] dubitavit, cum, etc., Flor. 1, 1, 2.—<br /> <b>B</b> [[Meton]]., to [[reflect]] [[upon]], to [[ponder]], [[consider]], [[deliberate]]: in utramque partem cogitare, deliberare, etc. ([[very]] [[rare]]): haec dum dubitas, menses abierunt [[decem]], Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 57: restat, judices, ut hoc dubitemus, [[uter]], etc., Cic. Rosc. Am. 31, 88: percipe [[porro]], [[quid]] dubitem, Verg. A. 9, 191: dubitaverat [[Augustus]] Germanicum rei Romanae imponere, had considered [[whether]] he should, Tac. A. 4, 57.<br /><b>II</b> To [[waver]] in [[coming]] to a [[conclusion]], to be [[irresolute]]; to [[hesitate]], [[delay]].<br /> <b>(a)</b> With inf. (so [[most]] [[commonly]]): non dubitaverim me gravissimis tempestatibus obvium ferre, Cic. Rep. 1, 4; so [[with]] a [[negation]], id. ib. 1, 15; id. Lael. 1; id. de Or. 1, 40 et saep.; Caes. B. G. 2, 23, 2: [[flumen]] transire, 6, 8, 1; id. B. C. 1, 71, 2; 2, 33, 2 and fin.; Verg. A. 7, 311; 8, 614 et saep.: [[quid]] dubitamus pultare [[atque]] huc evocare ambos [[foras]]? Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 29; so in an interrog., id. Mil. 4, 2, 17; id. Ps. 2, 2, 30; id. Poen. 3, 5, 44; Caes. B. C. 2, 34, 4; Quint. 12, 5, 3; 12, 10, 63; Verg. A. 6, 807 al.—Very [[seldom]] affirmatively: [[quod]] ea [[illi]] nubere dubitabat, Sall. C. 15, 2: accusat fratrem, [[quod]] dubitet omnia quae ad beatam vitam pertineant ventre metiri, Cic. N. D. 1, 40, 113: dubitat agnoscere matrem, Stat. Achill. 1, 250: si [[forte]] dubitaret [[quod]] afferretur accipere, Curt. 4, 5: isdem [[mandatum]] ut occiderent, si venire dubitaret, id. 10, 8.—Ellipt.: [[quod]] dubitas, ne feceris, Plin. Ep. 1, 18, 5.—<br /> <b>(b)</b> Non [[dubito]] [[quin]] ([[rare]] in Cic. and Caes.): [[nemo]] dubitabat, [[quin]], etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 13; id. Mil. 23, 63; id. Agr. 2, 26, 69: tum dubitandum non existimavit, [[quin]] proficisceretur, Caes. B. G. 2, 2, 5; id. B. C. 3, 71, 1; cf.: nolite dubitare, [[quin]] huic uni credatis omnia, Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 23, 68; and in an interrog.: dubitabitis, judices, [[quin]]? etc., id. Fl. 17, 40; id. de Imp. Pomp. 16, 49.—<br /> <b>(g)</b> Absol. ([[rare]]): te [[neque]] [[umquam]] dubitasse, [[neque]] timuisse, Caes. B. G. 1, 41, 3: sed [[mora]] damnosa est, nec res dubitare remittit, Ov. M. 11, 377: [[quid]] [[igitur]] ego [[dubito]]? Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 283; so in an interrog., id. Men. 5, 7, 6; Caes. B. G. 5, 44, 3; Verg. A. 9, 12: magnitudine supplicii dubitantes cogit, Caes. B. G. 7, 4, 9; id. ib. 7, 63, 3; Sall. C. 28, 1 al.: dubitantia lumina, [[failing]], Sil. 10, 154. —Hence,<br /> <b>A</b> dŭbĭtanter, adv. *<br /> <b>1</b> Doubtingly: [[sine]] ulla affirmatione, [[dubitanter]] unum quodque dicemus, Cic. Inv. 2, 3, 10.—<br /> <b>2</b> Hesitatingly, [[with]] [[hesitancy]] ([[very]] [[rare]]): illum [[verecunde]] et [[dubitanter]] recepisse, Cic. Brut. 22, 87; cf. Asin. [[Pollio]] ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 31, 2.—<br /> <b>B</b> dŭbĭ-tātim, adv. (i. q. [[dubitanter]], 2.), [[hesitatingly]], [[with]] [[hesitation]] ([[only]] in the foll. passages), Sisenn. ap. Non. 98, 33; so Cael. Ann. ib. | ||
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|georg=dubito, āvi, ātum, āre ([[dubius]]), [[zwischen]] zweien-, [[nach]] [[zwei]] Seiten [[hin]] und her [[schwanken]], u. [[zwar]]: I) in der [[Überzeugung]] = [[über]] etw. [[ungewiß]] [[sein]], an od. [[über]] etw. [[zweifeln]], Z weifel [[hegen]], etw. in [[Zweifel]] [[ziehen]], [[bezweifeln]], a) eig., absol., Cic. u.a.: ne dubita, Verg.: [[non]] erat [[prorsus]] [[unde]] dubitarem, Augustin. conf. 7, 10 extr. – m. de u. Abl., de tua [[erga]] me voluntate, Cic.: de [[animo]] Ciceronis, Sen. rhet.: u. impers., de armis dubitatum est, Cic.: [[nihil]] dubitatum de [[fide]] praefecti, es [[sei]] kein [[Argwohn]] [[gegen]] die [[Treue]] [[des]] Pr. aufgekommen, Tac. – m. Acc., [[haec]], Cic.: im [[Passiv]] m. Nom., [[quod]] dubitari posset, Cic.: id [[hoc]] [[anno]] desisse dubitari certum [[habeo]], Liv.: ne [[auctor]] dubitaretur, Tac.: [[dubitatus]] [[parens]], Ov.: [[Attice]], iudicio [[non]] dubitande [[meo]], dem [[mein]] [[Herz]] [[stets]] [[Vertrauen]] bewahrt, Ov. ex Pont. 2, 4, 2. – m. folg. indir. Fragesatz, [[non]] [[dubito]], [[quid]] etc., Cic.: restat ut [[hoc]] dubitemus (so erübrigt [[nur]] [[noch]] der einzige [[Zweifel]]), [[uter]] [[potius]] Sex. Roscium occīderit, Cic. – [[utrum]]... an etc., Cic. u.a. ([[über]] [[dubito]] an s. [[anno]]. I, 2): [[dubito]] [[num]] [[idem]] [[tibi]] suadere [[quod]] [[mihi]] debeam, Plin. ep. 6, 27, 2: fratre [[magis]], [[dubito]], glorier, [[anne]] viro, Ov. [[fast]]. 6, 28. – m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., ignorabant [[aut]] dubitabant animas hominum immortales [[esse]], Lact. 6, 3, 5: facilius dubitarem vivere me, [[quam]] etc., Augustin. conf. 7, 10 extr.: [[neque]] [[ullo]] [[modo]] dubitabam [[esse]] [[cui]] cohaererem, ibid. 7, 17 in. – dubitari potest ([[als]] [[Frage]]) m. folg. [[quin]] u. Konj., dubitari potest, [[quin]] [[usque]] eo deicienda sit, [[donec]] etc., Sen. contr. 1, 3, 1. – [[non]] [[dubito]] m. folg. [[quin]] u. Konj., Cic. u.a.; m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., Cic. fil., Nep., Liv. u.a. (vgl. Nipperd. Nep. praef. 1. Drak. u. Fabri Liv. 22, 55, 2): im [[Passiv]] m. folg. Nom. u. Infin., [[neque]] dubitabantur praescripta ([[esse]]) ei a Tiberio, Tac. ann, 3, 8. – b) übtr., v. Lebl., [[unsicher]] [[sein]], [[schwanken]], [[manus]] dubitat, Quint.: [[fama]] dubitat, [[Flor]]. – II) im Entschlusse = unschlüssig [[sein]], [[anstehen]], [[Anstand]] [[nehmen]], [[Bedenken]] [[tragen]], [[sich]] [[bedenken]], [[zaudern]], [[sich]] [[besinnen]], ob [[man]] [[nicht]] usw., a) eig., absol., [[non]] [[dubito]], Caes.: [[quid]] dubitatis, Plaut.: [[quid]] dubitas, Caes. – m. folg. indir. Fragesatz, [[dubito]], [[quam]] insistam viam, Pacuv. tr. 50. – m. folg. Infin., Cic., Sall. u.a.: [[bes]]. so [[non]] [[dubito]] m. folg. Infin., Cic. u.a. (vgl. Bremi Nep. praef. 1. [[Schneider]] Caes. b.G. 6, 8, 1 [[not]]. cr.): [[non]] [[dubito]] m. folg. [[quin]] u. Konj., (zB. [[non]] dubitasse, [[quin]] excederet), Cic. u.a. (vgl. [[Schneider]] Caes. b.G. 2, 2, 4). – b) übtr., v. Lebl., [[schwanken]], [[unentschlossen]]-, unschlüssig [[sein]], dubitavit aciei [[pars]], Sall. fr.: [[fortuna]] dubitat, schwankt (euphemist. = ist [[uns]] [[entgegen]]), Liv. – poet., dubitantia lumina, brechende, sterbende, Sil. 10, 154. – / arch. dubat = dubitat, Paul. ex [[Fest]]. 67, 6. | |georg=dubito, āvi, ātum, āre ([[dubius]]), [[zwischen]] zweien-, [[nach]] [[zwei]] Seiten [[hin]] und her [[schwanken]], u. [[zwar]]: I) in der [[Überzeugung]] = [[über]] etw. [[ungewiß]] [[sein]], an od. [[über]] etw. [[zweifeln]], Z weifel [[hegen]], etw. in [[Zweifel]] [[ziehen]], [[bezweifeln]], a) eig., absol., Cic. u.a.: ne dubita, Verg.: [[non]] erat [[prorsus]] [[unde]] dubitarem, Augustin. conf. 7, 10 extr. – m. de u. Abl., de tua [[erga]] me voluntate, Cic.: de [[animo]] Ciceronis, Sen. rhet.: u. impers., de armis dubitatum est, Cic.: [[nihil]] dubitatum de [[fide]] praefecti, es [[sei]] kein [[Argwohn]] [[gegen]] die [[Treue]] [[des]] Pr. aufgekommen, Tac. – m. Acc., [[haec]], Cic.: im [[Passiv]] m. Nom., [[quod]] dubitari posset, Cic.: id [[hoc]] [[anno]] desisse dubitari certum [[habeo]], Liv.: ne [[auctor]] dubitaretur, Tac.: [[dubitatus]] [[parens]], Ov.: [[Attice]], iudicio [[non]] dubitande [[meo]], dem [[mein]] [[Herz]] [[stets]] [[Vertrauen]] bewahrt, Ov. ex Pont. 2, 4, 2. – m. folg. indir. Fragesatz, [[non]] [[dubito]], [[quid]] etc., Cic.: restat ut [[hoc]] dubitemus (so erübrigt [[nur]] [[noch]] der einzige [[Zweifel]]), [[uter]] [[potius]] Sex. Roscium occīderit, Cic. – [[utrum]]... an etc., Cic. u.a. ([[über]] [[dubito]] an s. [[anno]]. I, 2): [[dubito]] [[num]] [[idem]] [[tibi]] suadere [[quod]] [[mihi]] debeam, Plin. ep. 6, 27, 2: fratre [[magis]], [[dubito]], glorier, [[anne]] viro, Ov. [[fast]]. 6, 28. – m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., ignorabant [[aut]] dubitabant animas hominum immortales [[esse]], Lact. 6, 3, 5: facilius dubitarem vivere me, [[quam]] etc., Augustin. conf. 7, 10 extr.: [[neque]] [[ullo]] [[modo]] dubitabam [[esse]] [[cui]] cohaererem, ibid. 7, 17 in. – dubitari potest ([[als]] [[Frage]]) m. folg. [[quin]] u. Konj., dubitari potest, [[quin]] [[usque]] eo deicienda sit, [[donec]] etc., Sen. contr. 1, 3, 1. – [[non]] [[dubito]] m. folg. [[quin]] u. Konj., Cic. u.a.; m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., Cic. fil., Nep., Liv. u.a. (vgl. Nipperd. Nep. praef. 1. Drak. u. Fabri Liv. 22, 55, 2): im [[Passiv]] m. folg. Nom. u. Infin., [[neque]] dubitabantur praescripta ([[esse]]) ei a Tiberio, Tac. ann, 3, 8. – b) übtr., v. Lebl., [[unsicher]] [[sein]], [[schwanken]], [[manus]] dubitat, Quint.: [[fama]] dubitat, [[Flor]]. – II) im Entschlusse = unschlüssig [[sein]], [[anstehen]], [[Anstand]] [[nehmen]], [[Bedenken]] [[tragen]], [[sich]] [[bedenken]], [[zaudern]], [[sich]] [[besinnen]], ob [[man]] [[nicht]] usw., a) eig., absol., [[non]] [[dubito]], Caes.: [[quid]] dubitatis, Plaut.: [[quid]] dubitas, Caes. – m. folg. indir. Fragesatz, [[dubito]], [[quam]] insistam viam, Pacuv. tr. 50. – m. folg. Infin., Cic., Sall. u.a.: [[bes]]. so [[non]] [[dubito]] m. folg. Infin., Cic. u.a. (vgl. Bremi Nep. praef. 1. [[Schneider]] Caes. b.G. 6, 8, 1 [[not]]. cr.): [[non]] [[dubito]] m. folg. [[quin]] u. Konj., (zB. [[non]] dubitasse, [[quin]] excederet), Cic. u.a. (vgl. [[Schneider]] Caes. b.G. 2, 2, 4). – b) übtr., v. Lebl., [[schwanken]], [[unentschlossen]]-, unschlüssig [[sein]], dubitavit aciei [[pars]], Sall. fr.: [[fortuna]] dubitat, schwankt (euphemist. = ist [[uns]] [[entgegen]]), Liv. – poet., dubitantia lumina, brechende, sterbende, Sil. 10, 154. – / arch. dubat = dubitat, Paul. ex [[Fest]]. 67, 6. | ||
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Latin > English
dubito dubitare, dubitavi, dubitatus V :: doubt; deliberate; hesitate (over); be uncertain/irresolute
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
dŭbĭto: āvi, ātum, 1,
I v. freq. n. and a. [for duhibitare, freq. from duhibeo, i. e. duohabeo (cf. habitare from habeo), to have or hold, as two, v. dubius; cf. also Gr. δοιάζω from δοιοί; Germ. zweifeln from zwei], to vibrate from one side to the other, to and fro, in one's opinions or in coming to a conclusion (freq. in all periods and sorts of composition; in class. prose usually with negations or in a negative interrogation, as: non dubito, haud dubito, quis dubitat? etc.
I To waver in opinion or judgment, to be uncertain, to be in doubt, to doubt, question.
(a) Absol. (rare but class.): ne vinolenti quidem quae faciunt eadem approbatione faciunt qua sobrii; dubitant, haesitant, revocant se interdum, Cic. Ac. 2, 17, 52; cf. id. ib. 2, 23, 72: et interrogamus et dubitamus et affirmamus, Quint. 6, 3, 70; cf. id. 10, 1, 19; 10, 3, 19: Livius frequentissime dubitat, id. 2, 4, 19; 9, 2, 20: vivo equidem, ne dubita; nam vera vides, Verg. A. 3, 316: ut jam liceat una comprehensione omnia complecti non dubitantemque (= sine ulla dubitatione) dicere, Cic. Fin. 5, 9, 26; id. Fam. 5, 16, 4 Madv.; so id. Div. 1, 55, 125.—
(b) With de (class.): de indicando dubitat, Cic. Sull. 18, 52; id. Fam. 12, 17; Quint. 1, 10, 29; 4, 5, 13.—With a negation: nec vero de hoc quisquam dubitare posset, nisi, etc., Cic. Tusc. 1, 30, 73: de aliqua re, id. N. D. 1, 8: de divina ratione, id. ib. 2, 39, 99: de tua erga me voluntate, id. Fam. 13, 45 fin.; cf. id. Att. 12, 26: de ejus fide, Caes. B. G. 7, 21, 1: cf. id. ib. 7, 77, 10; 1, 40 fin.: de carminibus, Quint. 10, 5, 4: de ultima illa (parte), id. 12, 2, 10: de se, Pompei ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12 A et saep.—Pass. impers.: de armis dubitatum est, Cic. Caecin. 13, 38: de judicio Panaetii dubitari non potest, id. Off. 3, 3; so, de auctore, Quint. 7, 2, 8: de hac (virtute) nihil dubitabitur, id. 2, 20, 7.—
(g) With acc. (in class. prose only with a neutr. pron.): haec non turpe est dubitare philosophos, quae ne rustici quidem dubitant? Cic. Off. 3, 19, 77; Quint. 2, 17, 2; Plaut. Ps. 2, 1, 2; Ov. H. 17, 37; id. M. 6, 194; id. Tr. 2, 331.—In the pass.: causa prorsus, quod dubitari posset, nihil habebat, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 22; cf. id. ib. 28; Liv. 5, 3: dubitati tecta parentis, Ov. M. 2, 20: sidera, Stat. S. 1, 4, 2: ne auctor dubitaretur, Tac. A. 14, 7; cf. infra, ε: dicta haud dubitanda, Verg. A. 3, 170.—
(d) With an interrog. pron. (good prose, but rare): ubi tu dubites, quid sumas potissimum, Ter. Ph. 2, 2, 29: non dubito, quid nobis agendum putes, Cic. Att. 10, 1, 2; id. Fam. 11, 17, 2; 15, 9; Caes. B. C. 2, 32, 10: cur dubitas, quid de re publica sentias? Cic. Rep. 1, 38 fin.; cf. id. ib. 3, 17 fin.; id. de Imp. Pomp. 16 fin.—（ε) With interrog. particles (very freq. and class.): si me non improbissime tractasset, dubitassem fortasse utrum, etc., Cic. Att. 16, 15, 1: desinite dubitare, utrum sit utilius, etc.… an, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 89; cf. impers., id. Att. 4, 15, 7; Liv. 5, 3: honestumne factu sit an turpe dubitant, Cic. Off. 1, 3, 9: dubitavi, hos homines emerem, an non emerem, Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 95; cf. Sall. J. 74, 2; Hor. C. 1, 12, 35: recte necne, etc., id. Ep. 2, 1, 80: licet et dubitare num quid nos fugerit, Quint. 6, 1, 3: dubito, num, etc., Plin. Ep. 6, 27, 1; Tac. H. 2, 37; de L. Bruto fortasse dubitarim, an, etc., Cic. Tusc. 4, 22, 50 et saep.—Cf. respecting the expression dubito an, the art. an, II., and Zumpt, Gramm. § 354.—Poet. in pass. (cf. supra, γ): an dea sim, dubitor, Ov. M. 6, 208.—（ζ) Non dubito, quin (very freq. and class.): non hercle dubito, quin tibi ingenio nemo praestiterit, Cic. Rep. 1, 23; id. Div. 1, 57, 129; id. de Sen. 10, 31; id. Att. 6, 2, 3; id. Fam. 13, 73 fin.; id. Verr. 2, 1, 40: numquid tu dubitas quin ego nunc perpetuo perierim? Have you a doubt? etc., Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 13; Caes. B. G. 1, 17, 4; 1, 31, 15; Quint. 12, 1, 42; Suet. Tib. 17; Ov. H. 17, 11; 245; id. Tr. 5, 7, 59 et saep.; cf. pass. impers.: dubitari (non) potest, quin, etc., Cic. Ac. 2, 23 fin.; id. Off. 3, 2, 9; Quint. 10, 2, 1: dubitari potest quin usque eo eicienda sit, Sen. Contr. 1, 3, 1: illud cave dubites, quin, etc., Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 6; quid dubitas, quin sit, etc., Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 42; so in an interrog., id. Poen. 1, 1, 55; 4, 2, 59; Quint. 7, 6, 10; cf. Cic. N. D. 2, 38, 97; Caes. B. G. 7, 38, 8.—（η) With acc. and inf. (freq. only since the Aug. period, and in gen. only negatively; not found in Plaut., Ter., or Cic.; but usual in Nepos): neque humorem dubitavi aurasque perire, Lucr. 5, 249: gratos tibi esse qui de me rumores afferuntur, non dubito, Cic. Fil. Fam. 16, 21, 2 (cf., on the contrary, § 7: noli dubitare, quin te sublevaturus sim): ignorabant aut dubitabant animas hominum immortales esse, Lact. 6, 3, 5: non dubito, fore plerosque qui, etc., Nep. praef. § 1; id. Milt. 3, 6; id. Lys. 3, 5; id. Alcib. 9, 5; id. Ages. 3, 1; id. Eum. 2, 3; id. Hann. 11, 2; Liv. 2, 64; 22, 55 Drak. et saep.; Quint. 3, 7, 5; 5, 10, 76; 9, 4, 114; Suet. Claud. 35 et saep.; cf. in an interrog.: an est quisquam qui dubitet, tribunos offensos esse? Liv. 5, 3; so, quis dubitat, Quint. 9, 4, 68; 130; 10, 1, 81. —Pass. impers.: an dubitabitur, ibi partes oratoris esse praecipuas? id. prooem. § 12. —Affirm.: piraticam ut musicam, fabricam dici adhuc dubitabant mei praeceptores, Quint. 8, 3, 34.—
2 Transf., of inan. and abstr. subjects, to be uncertain, doubtful: si tardior manus dubitet, Quint. 5, 10, 124: suspensa ac velut dubitans oratio, id. 10, 7, 22: aut vincere aut, si fortuna dubitabit (= adversabit), etc., Liv. 21, 44 fin.: nec mox fama dubitavit, cum, etc., Flor. 1, 1, 2.—
B Meton., to reflect upon, to ponder, consider, deliberate: in utramque partem cogitare, deliberare, etc. (very rare): haec dum dubitas, menses abierunt decem, Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 57: restat, judices, ut hoc dubitemus, uter, etc., Cic. Rosc. Am. 31, 88: percipe porro, quid dubitem, Verg. A. 9, 191: dubitaverat Augustus Germanicum rei Romanae imponere, had considered whether he should, Tac. A. 4, 57.
II To waver in coming to a conclusion, to be irresolute; to hesitate, delay.
(a) With inf. (so most commonly): non dubitaverim me gravissimis tempestatibus obvium ferre, Cic. Rep. 1, 4; so with a negation, id. ib. 1, 15; id. Lael. 1; id. de Or. 1, 40 et saep.; Caes. B. G. 2, 23, 2: flumen transire, 6, 8, 1; id. B. C. 1, 71, 2; 2, 33, 2 and fin.; Verg. A. 7, 311; 8, 614 et saep.: quid dubitamus pultare atque huc evocare ambos foras? Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 29; so in an interrog., id. Mil. 4, 2, 17; id. Ps. 2, 2, 30; id. Poen. 3, 5, 44; Caes. B. C. 2, 34, 4; Quint. 12, 5, 3; 12, 10, 63; Verg. A. 6, 807 al.—Very seldom affirmatively: quod ea illi nubere dubitabat, Sall. C. 15, 2: accusat fratrem, quod dubitet omnia quae ad beatam vitam pertineant ventre metiri, Cic. N. D. 1, 40, 113: dubitat agnoscere matrem, Stat. Achill. 1, 250: si forte dubitaret quod afferretur accipere, Curt. 4, 5: isdem mandatum ut occiderent, si venire dubitaret, id. 10, 8.—Ellipt.: quod dubitas, ne feceris, Plin. Ep. 1, 18, 5.—
(b) Non dubito quin (rare in Cic. and Caes.): nemo dubitabat, quin, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 13; id. Mil. 23, 63; id. Agr. 2, 26, 69: tum dubitandum non existimavit, quin proficisceretur, Caes. B. G. 2, 2, 5; id. B. C. 3, 71, 1; cf.: nolite dubitare, quin huic uni credatis omnia, Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 23, 68; and in an interrog.: dubitabitis, judices, quin? etc., id. Fl. 17, 40; id. de Imp. Pomp. 16, 49.—
(g) Absol. (rare): te neque umquam dubitasse, neque timuisse, Caes. B. G. 1, 41, 3: sed mora damnosa est, nec res dubitare remittit, Ov. M. 11, 377: quid igitur ego dubito? Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 283; so in an interrog., id. Men. 5, 7, 6; Caes. B. G. 5, 44, 3; Verg. A. 9, 12: magnitudine supplicii dubitantes cogit, Caes. B. G. 7, 4, 9; id. ib. 7, 63, 3; Sall. C. 28, 1 al.: dubitantia lumina, failing, Sil. 10, 154. —Hence,
A dŭbĭtanter, adv. *
1 Doubtingly: sine ulla affirmatione, dubitanter unum quodque dicemus, Cic. Inv. 2, 3, 10.—
2 Hesitatingly, with hesitancy (very rare): illum verecunde et dubitanter recepisse, Cic. Brut. 22, 87; cf. Asin. Pollio ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 31, 2.—
B dŭbĭ-tātim, adv. (i. q. dubitanter, 2.), hesitatingly, with hesitation (only in the foll. passages), Sisenn. ap. Non. 98, 33; so Cael. Ann. ib.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
dŭbĭtō,⁷ āvī, ātum, āre (dubius).
I intr.,
1 balancer entre deux choses, hésiter, être indécis, douter : se nec umquam dubitasse neque timuisse Cæs. G. 1, 41, 3, [ils disaient] qu’ils n’avaient jamais eu ni hésitation ni crainte || de aliqua re, au sujet de qqch. : Cic. Tusc. 1, 70, etc.; de indicando Cic. Sulla 52, hésiter à dénoncer ; de judicio Panæti dubitari non potest Cic. Off. 3, 11, il ne saurait y avoir de doute sur l’intention de Panétius ; in aliquo Cic. Br. 186, hésiter à propos de qqn ; [avec acc. de pron. n.] : hæc non turpe est dubitare philosophos, quæ ne rustici quidem dubitent ? Cic. Off. 3, 77, n’est-il pas honteux que des philosophes doutent d’une chose dont ne doutent point les gens même d’une nature grossière ?
2 douter si, que : dubitabunt sitne tantum in virtute ut. Cic. Fin. 5, 85, ils douteront qu’il y ait assez de force dans la vertu pour..., cf. Div. 2, 145 ; Att. 15, 9, 2 ; [avec num ] Sulla 24, 8 (mss) ; Plin. Min. Ep. 6, 27, 2 ; 6, 27, 5 ; Quint. 6, 1, 3 ; [avec an ] an dea sim, dubitor Ov. M. 6, 208, on met en doute ma divinité ; [int. double avec ne... an ] Cic. Off. 1, 9 ; [avec utrum... an ] Att. 4, 15, 7 ; [avec an seulement au 2e membre] Off. 1, 30 ; [avec anne seulement au 2e membre] Ov. F. 6, 28 || [avec an = si... ne... pas, s’il n’est pas vrai que : de L. Bruto fortasse dubitarim, an propter infinitum odium... invaserit Cic. Tusc. 4, 50, à propos de L. Brutus, je pourrais peut-être douter si ce n’est pas à cause de sa haine sans borne qu’il s’est précipité..., cf. Verr. 2, 3, 76 ; dubitare an turpe non sit Cic. Off. 3, 50, douter que ce soit honteux ; [av. prop. inf., décad.] Lact. Inst. 6, 3, 5 ; Aug. Conf. 7, 10 || ne pas douter que, comment douter que, peut-on douter que, etc., non dubitare, quid dubitas, quid est quod dubites, etc., avec quin subj. : Cic. Div. 1, 129 ; CM 31 ; Att. 6, 2, 3 ; Br. 39, etc. ; Cæs. G. 1, 17, 4 ; 1, 31, 15 ; 7, 38, 8 ; Cic. Nat. 2, 97 ; Phil. 13, 22 ; [avec prop. inf. dans Nep., Liv., Plin., etc.] || [av. pron. interr.] se demander avec embarras [ou] avec doute qu’est-ce que, pour qui, etc. : Ter. Phorm. 343 ; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 111 ; Rep. 3, 27 ; Cæs. C. 2, 32, 10
3 hésiter à, dubitare avec inf. rare: Cic. Nat. 1, 113 ; Sall. C. 15, 2 ; Curt. 4, 5, 2 ; 10, 8, 3 || mais non dubitare avec inf. ou avec quin, ne pas hésiter à, est fréq. dans Cic. et Cæs.
4 [en parl. de choses] : si fortuna dubitabit Liv. 21, 44, 8, si la fortune hésite ; velut dubitans oratio Quint. 10, 7, 22, une parole en qq. sorte hésitante, indécise || [poét.] dubitantia lumina Sil. 10, 153, yeux mourants (qui s’éteignent).
II tr. au passif ; a) [adj. verbal d. Cic.] res minime dubitanda Cic. Cæl. 55, chose qui n’admet pas le doute, cf. Fin. 2, 55 ; Verr. 2, 2, 69 ; b) dubitatus, a, um, Ov. M. 2, 20, dont on doute ; ne auctor dubitaretur Tac. Ann. 14, 7, pour qu’il n’y eût pas de doute sur l’instigateur, cf. 3, 8 ; dubat = dubitat P. Fest. 67, 6.
Latin > German (Georges)
dubito, āvi, ātum, āre (dubius), zwischen zweien-, nach zwei Seiten hin und her schwanken, u. zwar: I) in der Überzeugung = über etw. ungewiß sein, an od. über etw. zweifeln, Z weifel hegen, etw. in Zweifel ziehen, bezweifeln, a) eig., absol., Cic. u.a.: ne dubita, Verg.: non erat prorsus unde dubitarem, Augustin. conf. 7, 10 extr. – m. de u. Abl., de tua erga me voluntate, Cic.: de animo Ciceronis, Sen. rhet.: u. impers., de armis dubitatum est, Cic.: nihil dubitatum de fide praefecti, es sei kein Argwohn gegen die Treue des Pr. aufgekommen, Tac. – m. Acc., haec, Cic.: im Passiv m. Nom., quod dubitari posset, Cic.: id hoc anno desisse dubitari certum habeo, Liv.: ne auctor dubitaretur, Tac.: dubitatus parens, Ov.: Attice, iudicio non dubitande meo, dem mein Herz stets Vertrauen bewahrt, Ov. ex Pont. 2, 4, 2. – m. folg. indir. Fragesatz, non dubito, quid etc., Cic.: restat ut hoc dubitemus (so erübrigt nur noch der einzige Zweifel), uter potius Sex. Roscium occīderit, Cic. – utrum... an etc., Cic. u.a. (über dubito an s. anno. I, 2): dubito num idem tibi suadere quod mihi debeam, Plin. ep. 6, 27, 2: fratre magis, dubito, glorier, anne viro, Ov. fast. 6, 28. – m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., ignorabant aut dubitabant animas hominum immortales esse, Lact. 6, 3, 5: facilius dubitarem vivere me, quam etc., Augustin. conf. 7, 10 extr.: neque ullo modo dubitabam esse cui cohaererem, ibid. 7, 17 in. – dubitari potest (als Frage) m. folg. quin u. Konj., dubitari potest, quin usque eo deicienda sit, donec etc., Sen. contr. 1, 3, 1. – non dubito m. folg. quin u. Konj., Cic. u.a.; m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., Cic. fil., Nep., Liv. u.a. (vgl. Nipperd. Nep. praef. 1. Drak. u. Fabri Liv. 22, 55, 2): im Passiv m. folg. Nom. u. Infin., neque dubitabantur praescripta (esse) ei a Tiberio, Tac. ann, 3, 8. – b) übtr., v. Lebl., unsicher sein, schwanken, manus dubitat, Quint.: fama dubitat, Flor. – II) im Entschlusse = unschlüssig sein, anstehen, Anstand nehmen, Bedenken tragen, sich bedenken, zaudern, sich besinnen, ob man nicht usw., a) eig., absol., non dubito, Caes.: quid dubitatis, Plaut.: quid dubitas, Caes. – m. folg. indir. Fragesatz, dubito, quam insistam viam, Pacuv. tr. 50. – m. folg. Infin., Cic., Sall. u.a.: bes. so non dubito m. folg. Infin., Cic. u.a. (vgl. Bremi Nep. praef. 1. Schneider Caes. b.G. 6, 8, 1 not. cr.): non dubito m. folg. quin u. Konj., (zB. non dubitasse, quin excederet), Cic. u.a. (vgl. Schneider Caes. b.G. 2, 2, 4). – b) übtr., v. Lebl., schwanken, unentschlossen-, unschlüssig sein, dubitavit aciei pars, Sall. fr.: fortuna dubitat, schwankt (euphemist. = ist uns entgegen), Liv. – poet., dubitantia lumina, brechende, sterbende, Sil. 10, 154. – / arch. dubat = dubitat, Paul. ex Fest. 67, 6.
