dubitatio

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

dŭbĭtātĭo: ōnis, f. dubito.
I A wavering in opinion or judgment; a being uncertain, a doubting; uncertainty, doubt.
   A Prop.
   1    In gen. (freq. and good prose).
   (a)    Absol.: nec tibi sollicitudinem ex dubitatione mea, nec spem ex affirmatione, afferre volui, Cic. Fam. 9, 17 fin.: cum res non conjecturā, sed oculis ac manibus teneretur, neque in causa ulla dubitatio posset esse, id. Cluent. 7, 20: in ea obscuritate ac dubitatione omnium, id. ib. 27: quod quamquam dubitationem non habet, tamen rationes afferendas puto, etc., id. Fin. 5, 10; cf. id. Agr. 1, 4, 11; Quint. 4, 3, 6: dubitationem afferre, Cic. Off. 1, 41, 147; cf. id. ib. 3, 4, 18: eo sibi minus dubitationis dari, quod, etc., Caes. B. G. 1, 14, 1: ad tollendam dubitationem sola non sufficiunt, Quint. 5, 9, 8; cf. id. 5, 13, 51; Cic. Att. 12, 6 fin. al. So in Cicero a few times: sine ulla dubitatione, without any doubt, i. e. per litoten, most certainly (an emphatic sine dubio, v. dubius, I. B. 2. b. ε), Cic. Tusc. 3, 3, 5; id. Balb. 13, 31; id. Verr. 2, 4, 18, § 39; id. Cat. 4, 3, 5; so too, sine dubitatione, Col. 3, 6, 2 (but far more freq. in signif. II.,
v. infra).—
   (b)    With gen.: omnem dubitationem adventus legionum expellere, Caes. B. G. 5, 48 fin.; cf. juris (i. e. dubitatio, penes quem esset jus), Cic. Caecin. 4, 9: generum, id. de Or. 2, 31, 134: hujus utilitatis, Quint. 1, 10, 28.—
   (g)    With de: illa Socratica, de omnibus rebus, Cic. Ac. 1, 4, 17; Auct. B. Afr. 26.—
   (d)    With rel. or interrog. clause: si quando dubitatio accidit, quale sit id, etc., Cic. Off. 3, 4, 18; id. Cluent. 28, 76; id. Fam. 15, 21: alterum potest habere dubitationem, adhibendumne fuerit hoc genus ... an, etc., id. Off. 3, 2, 9; id. Fam. 3, 5, 3; Quint. 11, 2, 44.—（ε) With quin: cum hic locus nihil habeat dubitationis, quin, etc., Cic. Off. 2, 5, 17; cf. id. N. D. 2, 63, 158.—（ζ) With a subject acc. and inf.: hoc a rustico factum extra dubitationem est, Quint. 7, 1, 48.—
   2    Esp., as a fig. of speech, i. q. Gr. διαπόρησις, i. e. hesitation, embarrassment of the speaker, because unable to do justice to the greatness of his theme (e. g. Cic. Rosc. Am. 11; id. de Or. 3, 56, § 214), Auct. Her. 4, 29, 40; cf. Ernest. Lex. Technol. Lat. p. 136.—
   B Meton. (dubito, I. B.), a doubt, question, considering: indigna dubitatio homine! Cic. Lael. 19, 67; so, ad rem publicam adeundi, id. Rep. 1, 7, 12.—
II A wavering, hesitating in coming to a conclusion; hesitancy, irresolution, delay: aestuabat dubitatione, versabat se in utramque partem non solum mente, verum etiam corpore, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 30; cf.: qui timor! quae dubitatio! quanta haesitatio tractusque verborum! id. de Or. 2, 50: inter dubitationem et moras senati, Sall. J. 30, 3; cf. id. ib. 62, 9: aluit dubitatione bellum, Tac. A. 3, 41 fin. et saep.: (Caesar) nulla interposita dubitatione legiones ex castris educit, without any hesitation, promptly, Caes. B. G. 7, 40, 1; in this signif. very freq. in Cicero: sine ulla dubitatione, Cic. Cluent. 28, 75; id. Verr. 2, 3, 12; id. Pis. 3; 21 fin.; id. N. D. 1, 1; id. de Or. 2, 28, 122; id. Fam. 1, 5, b. 2. et saep.; cf.: absque ulla dubitatione, Vulg. Ruth, 3, 13; less freq. merely sine dubitatione, without hesitation, unhesitatingly, Cic. Agr. 2, 9, 23; id. N. D. 3, 34, 84; id. Ac. 2, 29, 94; id. Top. 15 fin.; id. Att. 11, 16, 3; so Cic. Fil. Fam. 16, 21; Auct. B. Alex. 63, 2; Vulg. Act. 10, 29.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

dŭbĭtātĭō,¹⁰ ōnis, f. (dubito),
1 action de douter, doute : dubitationem afferre Cic. Off. 1, 147, faire douter, faire naître le doute ; dubitationem tollere Cic. Att. 12, 6, 4 ; expellere Cæs. G. 5, 48, 10 ; eximere Quint. 1, 10, 28, dissiper, lever les doutes ; fœdus habet aliquam dubitationem Cic. Agr. 1, 11, il y a qqch. d’équivoque dans le traité ; in aliqua re dubitatio est Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 20, une chose inspire le doute ; alicujus rei dubitatio Cic. Cæc. 9, l’incertitude sur qqch., cf. de Or. 2, 134 ; Cæs. G. 5, 48 ; Socratica dubitatio de omnibus rebus Cic. Ac. 1, 17, le doute méthodique de Socrate sur toutes choses ; hic locus nihil habet dubitationis quin... Cic. Off. 2, 17, sur ce point il est établi clairement que... || [avec interr. ind.] Off. 3, 9 ; 18 ; Clu. 76
2 examen dubitatif, hésitation ; dubitatio indigna homine Cic. Læl. 67, hésitation indigne d’un homme ; dubitatio ad rem publicam adeundi Cic. Rep. 1, 12, hésitation à se mêler du gouvernement ; dubitationem alicui dare Cæs. G. 1, 14, 1, faire hésiter qqn
3 hésitation, irrésolution, lenteur : Cic. de Or. 2, 202 ; sine dubitatione Cic. Agr. 2, 23, ou sine ulla d. Cic. Clu. 75, etc. ; nulla interposita dubitatione Cæs. G. 7, 40, 1, sans hésitation, sans retard
4 dubitation [fig. de rhét.] : Her. 4, 40.

Latin > German (Georges)

dubitātio, ōnis, f. (dubito), I) der Zweifel, die Ungewißheit, a) im allg.: res habet dubitationem, Cic.: sine ulla dubitatione, ohne alle Ungewißheit = mit völliger Gewißheit, ganz entschieden, Cic. u.a.: u. so sine dubitatione, Vell. u. Col. (vgl. unten no. II): vere ac sine cuiusquam dubitatione, Cic. – m. subj. Genet., dubitatio omnium, Cic.: m. obj. Genet., dubitatio adventus legionum, Caes.: dubitatio iuris, Cic.: m. de u. Abl., illa Socratica dub. de omnibus rebus, Cic. – m. Verben verb. m. folg. indir. Fragesatz, si quando dubitatio accĭdit, quale sit id, de quo consideretur, Cic.: imperandi declinatio sitne, habet dubitationem (ist zweifelhaft), Varro LL.: bei vorherg. Negation m. folg. quin u. Konj., hic locus nihil habet dubitationis, quin etc., Cic.: nulla dubitatio est od. fuit, quin etc., Cic. u. Liv.: nisi forte tanta ubertas et varietas pomorum dubitationem affert, quin hominibus solis ea natura donaverit, Cic. de nat. deor. 2, 158: u. extra dubitationem est m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., zB. legem esse, Quint. 7, 1, 48. – b) als Redefigur, griech. διαπόρησις, wenn der Redner tut, als sei die Sache so groß, daß er keine Worte finde und nicht wisse, wo er anfangen solle, Cornif. rhet. 4, 40 (Beispiele Cic. Rosc. Am. 29; de or. 3, 214). – II) das Bedenken, die Bedenklichkeit, Unschlüssigkeit, das Zaudern, Cic. u.a.: dubitatio crucis, Bedenklichkeit wegen Anwendung der Kreuzigung, Cic.: u. so dub. belli, wegen der Führung des Kr., Cic.: aluit dubitatione bellum, Tac.: sine ulla dubitatione, ohne alle Bedenklichkeit, ohne allen Anstand, ganz entschieden, ungescheut, Cic.: ebenso sine dubitatione, Cic. u.a.: u. nullā interpositā dubitatione, Caes. – Plur., angunt me dubitationes tuae (deine Bedenken), Cic. ad Att. 5, 21, 4.

Latin > English

dubitatio dubitationis N F :: doubt, irresolution, uncertainty; wavering, hesitation; questioning