dubitatio Latin · revision 9482

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Sisenna|origins=la dubius}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [dʊ.bɪˈtaː.ti.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [du.biˈtat.t͡si.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dubitātiō''' ''f'' (genitive dubitātiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[dubitō]] “to doubt, waver” with the suffix [[-tiō]]; ⟨dubitō⟩ is from [[dubius]] “doubtful”, which de Vaan traces to [[ine-pro|*dwi-bʰh₂u-o-|t=double]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010)^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's earliest source is the historian Sisenna, whom he dates 120–67 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was a state of uncertainty, doubt, as in Cicero's ''dubitātiōnem afferre'' “to raise doubt”; and doubt about acting, wavering, hesitation, as in Varro.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for doubt and uncertainty, also in theology, and as a term of rhetoric.^(DMLBS) [[en|dubitation]] (early 15th century) came through Old French and directly from Latin.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 120–67 BC – Sisenna uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of hesitation.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

+ * early 15th century – English ''dubitation'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|doubt|alt=Doubt]], uncertainty.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Hesitation, wavering.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(rhetoric)'' A figure of doubt.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[dubitō]]

+ * [[dubius]]

+ * [[en|dubitation]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}