dubito

See also: dubitò

Ido

Etymology

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Noun

dubito (plural dubiti)

  1. doubt

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdu.bi.to/
  • Rhymes: -ubito
  • Hyphenation: dù‧bi‧to

Etymology 1

Deverbal from dubitare (“to doubt”) +‎ -o. Cognate with Piedmontese dùbit.

Noun

dubito m (plural dubiti) (archaic, literary)

  1. doubt
    Synonym: dubbio

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

dubito

  1. first-person singular present indicative of dubitare

Latin

Etymology

    Somewhat 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

    Verb

    dubitō (present infinitive dubitāre, perfect active dubitāvī, supine dubitātum); first conjugation

    1. to waver (in opinion), be uncertain, doubt, question, be in doubt
      Synonyms: errō, vagor, fluitō, pendeō
      Antonym: cōnstō
      • c. 1121, Pierre Abélard, Sic et Non:
        Dubitando ad veritatem venimus
        (Through) doubting we come to the truth
    2. to waver (in coming to a decision), hesitate, delay
      Synonyms: retardō, tardō, moror, cū̆nctor, prōtrahō, trahō, differō
      Antonyms: ruō, accurrō, currō, festīnō, prōvolō, properō, corripiō, affluō, mātūrō
    3. to reflect upon, ponder, consider, deliberate
      Synonyms: reflectō, perpendō, ponderō, dēlīberō, putō, pendō, cōnsīderō, reputō, cōnsulō, replicō, cōnsultō, circumspiciō, videō, trahō, versō

    Conjugation

       Conjugation of dubitō (first conjugation)
    indicative singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present dubitō dubitās dubitat dubitāmus dubitātis dubitant
    imperfect dubitābam dubitābās dubitābat dubitābāmus dubitābātis dubitābant
    future dubitābō dubitābis dubitābit dubitābimus dubitābitis dubitābunt
    perfect dubitāvī dubitāvistī,
    dubitāstī1     		dubitāvit,
    dubitāt1     		dubitāvimus,
    dubitāmus1     		dubitāvistis,
    dubitāstis1     		dubitāvērunt,
    dubitārunt,
    dubitāvēre1
    pluperfect dubitāveram,
    dubitāram1     		dubitāverās,
    dubitārās1     		dubitāverat,
    dubitārat1     		dubitāverāmus,
    dubitārāmus1     		dubitāverātis,
    dubitārātis1     		dubitāverant,
    dubitārant1
    future perfect dubitāverō,
    dubitārō1     		dubitāveris,
    dubitāris1     		dubitāverit,
    dubitārit1     		dubitāverimus,
    dubitārimus1     		dubitāveritis,
    dubitāritis1     		dubitāverint,
    dubitārint1
    passive present dubitor dubitāris,
    dubitāre     		dubitātur dubitāmur dubitāminī dubitantur
    imperfect dubitābar dubitābāris,
    dubitābāre     		dubitābātur dubitābāmur dubitābāminī dubitābantur
    future dubitābor dubitāberis,
    dubitābere     		dubitābitur dubitābimur dubitābiminī dubitābuntur
    perfect dubitātus + present active indicative of sum
    pluperfect dubitātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
    future perfect dubitātus + future active indicative of sum
    subjunctive singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present dubitem dubitēs dubitet dubitēmus dubitētis dubitent
    imperfect dubitārem dubitārēs dubitāret dubitārēmus dubitārētis dubitārent
    perfect dubitāverim,
    dubitārim1     		dubitāverīs,
    dubitārīs1     		dubitāverit,
    dubitārit1     		dubitāverīmus,
    dubitārīmus1     		dubitāverītis,
    dubitārītis1     		dubitāverint,
    dubitārint1
    pluperfect dubitāvissem,
    dubitāssem1     		dubitāvissēs,
    dubitāssēs1     		dubitāvisset,
    dubitāsset1     		dubitāvissēmus,
    dubitāssēmus1     		dubitāvissētis,
    dubitāssētis1     		dubitāvissent,
    dubitāssent1
    passive present dubiter dubitēris,
    dubitēre     		dubitētur dubitēmur dubitēminī dubitentur
    imperfect dubitārer dubitārēris,
    dubitārēre     		dubitārētur dubitārēmur dubitārēminī dubitārentur
    perfect dubitātus + present active subjunctive of sum
    pluperfect dubitātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
    imperative singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present — dubitā — — dubitāte —
    future — dubitātō dubitātō — dubitātōte dubitantō
    passive present — dubitāre — — dubitāminī —
    future — dubitātor dubitātor — — dubitantor
    non-finite forms infinitive participle
    active passive active passive
    present dubitāre dubitārī dubitāns —
    future dubitātūrum esse dubitātum īrī dubitātūrus dubitandus
    perfect dubitāvisse,
    dubitāsse1     		dubitātum esse — dubitātus
    future perfect — dubitātum fore — —
    perfect potential dubitātūrum fuisse — — —
    verbal nouns gerund supine
    genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
    dubitandī dubitandō dubitandum dubitandō dubitātum dubitātū

    1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    References

    • 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
    1. ^ “dǒuten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

    Further reading

    • “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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