Latin

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.

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

Descendants

• Italian: dubbio
• Romanian: dubiu
• Spanish: duda

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)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “dubium”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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