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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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S&H Smith & Hall (1)
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• doubtful:
    1. I. In subjective sense; feeling doubt:
      1. 1. dŭbius: I am d. what to do, d. sum quid faciam, Hor. (more Ciceron., dubium mihi est, etc.): d. of safety, d. salutis, Ov.: Liv.
      2. 2. incertus: v. undecided. Phr.: to be d., dubitare, animi pendere: v. to doubt.
    2. II. Objectively; occasioning doubt:
      1. 1. dŭbius: a d. victory, d. victoria, Caes.: it is d. which of us two is ..., dubium (est) uter nostrum sit ..., Cic. Join: dubium atque incertum, Cic.; dubium controversumque, Cic.
      2. 2. incertus: v. uncertain.
      3. 3. ambĭguus (esp. of words or facts admitting a two-fold explanation): of d. disposition (whether likely to be good or bad), ambigui ingenii, Plin.: d. offspring, a. proles, Virg.: to leave d., in ambiguo relinquere, Liv.
      4. 4. anceps, cĭpĭtis (lit. two-headed; hence, having two aspects or issues): a d. point of law, jus a., Hor.: to fight a battle of d. issue, ancipiti Marte pugnare, Liv.. d. fidelity, a. fides, Curt. phr.. to leave a matter d., in medio relinquere. v. undecided.
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• DOUBTFUL
  • I. Subjective, of persons, dubius (when one does not know what to choose): incertus (when one does not know what conclusion to draw, or what resolution to take): to be doubtful, dubium esse; in dubio esse; dubitare; incertum esse; animo or animi pendere. I am doubtful what to do, dubius, or incertus, sum, quid faciam; incertum mihi est, or in incerto habeo, quid faciam; dubius, or incertus, sum, utrum - an; non satis mihi constat, ... ne (appended) ... an.
  • II. Objective; that occasions doubt, dubius: incertus: anceps: ambiguus (dubius and ambiguus denote doubt with reference to success or failure; good or bad luck, etc.; anceps, with reference to the very existence of a thing; e.g., bellum dubia et interdum ancipiti fortuna gestum, Döderlein; ambiguus also refers to trustworthiness; e.g., homo ambigua fide; homo ambigui ingenii): doubtful cases, ea quae dubitationem afferunt: to be doubtful, incertum or dubium esse; non constare: to leave a thing doubtful, aliquid in medio, in dubio, in incerto relinquere: to become doubtful, in dubium venire.