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dubito

dubito

See also: dubitò

Ido

Noun

dubito (plural dubiti)

  1. doubt

Related terms

Italian

Verb

dubito

  1. first-person singular present indicative of dubitare

Latin

Etymology

Three hypotheses:

  • From *duhibitō, frequentative of *duhibeo, from *duohabeo, from duo + habeō.[1]
  • From dubius ‎(“indecisive, undecided, hesitating”).[2]
  • Frequentative of *dubō, from the adjective *dubos/dubus. [3]

Pronunciation

Verb

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

  1. I waver (in opinion), am uncertain, doubt, question, am in doubt
  2. I waver (in coming to a decision), hesitate, delay
  3. I reflect upon, ponder, consider, deliberate

Inflection

   Conjugation of dubito (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 dubitāvit dubitāvimus dubitāvistis dubitāvērunt, dubitāvēre
pluperfect dubitāveram dubitāverās dubitāverat dubitāverāmus dubitāverātis dubitāverant
future perfect dubitāverō dubitāveris dubitāverit dubitāverimus dubitāveritis dubitāverint
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 dubitāverīs dubitāverit dubitāverīmus dubitāverītis dubitāverint
pluperfect dubitāvissem dubitāvissēs dubitāvisset dubitāvissēmus dubitāvissētis dubitāvissent
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 active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives dubitāre dubitāvisse dubitātūrus esse dubitārī dubitātus esse dubitātum īrī
participles dubitāns — dubitātūrus — dubitātus dubitandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
dubitāre dubitandī dubitandō dubitandum dubitātum dubitātū

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ↑ dubito in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  2. ↑ “dubitare” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, ISBN 978-88-00-20781-2
  3. ↑ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill

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