addubito
εἰργάζοντο λογάδην φέροντες λίθους καὶ ξυνετίθεσαν ὡς ἕκαστόν τι ξυμβαίνοι → they went to work bringing the stones as they picked them out and put them together as each one happened to fit
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ad-dŭbĭto: āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and
I a., pr., to incline to doubt, to begin to doubt (in Cic. several times, but never in his orations).
I To be in doubt, to doubt; constr.
(a) With de or in aliqua re: de quo Panaetium addubitare dicebant, Cic. N. D. 2, 46, 118: de legatis paululum addubitatum est, Liv. 2, 4: in his addubitare turpissimum est, Cic. Off. 3, 4, 18.—
(b) With pron., or num, an, etc.: ut addubitet, quid potius dicat, Cic. Or. 40: addubitavi, num a Volumnio senatore esset, id. Fam. 7, 32: an hoc inhonestum necne sit, addubites, Hor. S. 1, 4, 124; so Liv. 8, 10; cf. Drak. ad Liv. 2, 4, 7: illud addubitat, utrum, etc., Nep. Con. 5, 4 (acc. to Br. ad h. l.: to leave it undecided; cf. with dubitare, Cic. N. D. 1, 1).—
(g) With acc., to be doubtful of a thing, to call in question: si plus adipiscare, re explicata, boni, quam addubitata mali, Cic. Off. 1, 24, 83; so id. Div. 1, 47, 105.—
(d) With inf., to hesitate: aptare lacertos addubitat, Sil. 14, 358.—（ε) Absol.: eos ipsos addubitare coget doctissimorum hominum tanta dissentio, Cic. N. D. 1, 6, 14; Liv. 10, 19, 13; Plin. Ep. 2, 19, 1.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
addŭbĭtō,¹³ āvī, ātum, āre, intr., pencher vers le doute, douter ; de aliqua re, douter de qqch. : Cic. Nat. 2, 118 ; [avec interr. ind.] Cic. Or. 137 ; [avec num ] Cic. *Fam. 7, 32, 1 || [emploi tr. au part. pf. passif] : addubitato augurio Cic. Div. 1, 105, l’augure ayant été jugé douteux, cf. Off. 1, 83.
Latin > German (Georges)
ad-dubito, āvī, ātum, āre, sich zum Zweifel hinneigen, etwas (einigermaßen) in Zweifel ziehen, einigen Zweifel hegen, einiges Bedenken tragen, etwas schwanken, Anstand nehmen, beanstanden, de od. in alqa re, od. m. folg. num, an, utrum, utrum... an, Cic. u.a. – m. Dat., dicto meo, Macr. sat. 7, 12, 10. – m. folg. Infin., aptare lacertos addubitat, Sil. 14, 358 sq. – m. allg. Acc., illud addubito, utrum... an etc., Nep.: quod ego addubito, Ascon.: aber res addubitata, angezweifelte, beanstandete, Cic. – m. indir. Fragesatz, ut addubitet, quid potius aut quo modo dicat, Cic. – absol., Cic. de nat. deor. 1, 14. Liv. 10, 19, 13.
Latin > English
addubito addubitare, addubitavi, addubitatus V :: doubt, be doubtful/uncertain; hesitate (to), hesitate over a situation
