Latin

Noun

dubitātiō f ‎(genitive dubitātiōnis); third declension

1. doubt, uncertainty
2. wavering, hesitation
3. questioning

Inflection

Third declension.

Descendants

• French: dubitation
  • English: dubitation

References

• dubitatio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• dubitatio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “dubitatio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • a thing which is rather (very) dubious: quod aliquam (magnam) dubitationem habet (Leg. Agr. 1. 4. 11)
    
  • a doubt arises in my mind: dubitatio mihi affertur, inicitur
    
  • to relieve a person of his doubts: dubitationem alicui tollere
    
  • without any hesitation; without the least scruple: sine ulla dubitatione