dubium

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈdu.bi.um/, [ˈd̪ʊbiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdu.bi.um/, [ˈd̪uːbium]

Etymology 1

Substantivized neuter of dubius (“doubtful”).

Noun

dubium n (genitive dubiī or dubī); 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.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
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).

Descendants

• Italian: dubbio
• Romanian: dubiu
• Spanish: duda
• → Dutch: in dubio

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 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 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