dubium

Latin

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈdu.bi.um/, [ˈdʊ.bi.ũ]

Etymology 1

Substantivized neuter of dubius (“doubtful”).

Noun

dubium n (genitive dubiī); second declension

  1. doubt
  2. A doctrinal question that is asked to Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and which later receives a responsa.
Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dubium dubia
Genitive dubiī dubiōrum
Dative dubiō dubiīs
Accusative dubium dubia
Ablative dubiō dubiīs
Vocative dubium dubia
Descendants

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Adjective

dubium

  1. nominative neuter singular of dubius
  2. accusative masculine singular of dubius
  3. accusative neuter singular of dubius
  4. vocative neuter singular of dubius

References
  • 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, 1883–1887)
  • dubium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, 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
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