dubium
Latin
editPronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈdu.bi.um/, [ˈd̪ʊbiʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈdu.bi.um/, [ˈd̪uːbium]
Etymology 1
editSubstantivized neuter of dubius (“doubtful”).
Noun
editdubium n (genitive dubiī or dubī); second declension
- doubt
- A doctrinal question that is asked to Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and which later receives a responsa.
Declension
editSecond-declension noun (neuter).
singular | plural | |
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nominative | dubium | dubia |
genitive | dubiī dubī1 |
dubiōrum |
dative | dubiō | dubiīs |
accusative | dubium | dubia |
ablative | dubiō | dubiīs |
vocative | dubium | dubia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Related terms
editDescendants
editEtymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
editdubium
- inflection of dubius:
References
edit- “dubium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- dubium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- dubium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to throw doubt upon a thing: in dubium vocare
- (ambiguous) to become doubtful: in dubium venire
- (ambiguous) to leave a thing undecided: aliquid dubium, incertum relinquere
- (ambiguous) to throw doubt upon a thing: in dubium vocare