addubito Latin · revision 34573

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=ine-pro *dui-bʰh₂u-o-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [adˈdʊ.bɪ.toː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [adˈduː.bi.to]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''addubitō''' (present infinitive addubitāre, perfect active addubitāvī, supine addubitātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|ad-|dubitō|t2=to doubt]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) The base verb is derived from [[m|la|dubius|t=doubtful]],^(de Vaan 2008) which goes back to [[itc-pro|*du(i)-fwo-]] and [[ine-pro|*dui-bʰh₂u-o-|t=double]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Cicero uses it several times, though never in his speeches,^(Lewis & Short 1879) of feeling uncertain: ''si addubitas, ad Brutum transeamus'', “if you are in doubt, let us go over to Brutus”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Cicero uses it with ''dē'', with an indirect question, and with an accusative, “to call in question”, as of a doubtful omen of safety.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Livy, Nepos and Horace use it in the same ways,^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) and Silius Italicus has it with an infinitive, “to hesitate to”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Pliny the Younger says he will do something because he is urged to, though he has strong doubts.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of being in doubt.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace uses it with an indirect question.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it of doubts about envoys.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 25–101 AD – Silius Italicus uses it with an infinitive.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To feel [[m|en|doubtful]], be uncertain; to begin to [[m|en|doubt]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # (with infinitive) To [[m|en|hesitate]] (to).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # (with accusative) To feel doubt about, call in question.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[addubitatio]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[dubitō]]

+ * [[indubitō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}