addubito
ἐπ' αὐτὸν ἥκεις τὸν βατῆρα τῆς θύρας → you've come to the crux of the matter, come to the point, hit the nail on the head, you've come to the very threshold of the door, you are come to the very threshold of the door, you've arrived at the truth of the matter
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
