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

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Contents (2 entries · 6 senses)
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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• uncertainty:
      1. 1. dŭbĭtātio: if that compact admits of any u., si foedus illud habet aliquam dubitationem, Cic. Agr. 1, 4, 11.
      2. 2. lĕvĭtas: constant in its own u., constans in levitate sua, Ov. Trist. 5, 8, 18.
      3. 3. inconstantia: Join: inconstantia et temeritas, Cic. N. D. 3, 24, 59.
      4. 4. tĕmĕrĭtas: ib. 32, 82.
      5. 5. expr. by incertum: will be recalled to doubt and u., in dubium incertumque revocabuntur, id. Caecin. 27, 76: it was a matter of u., in incerto erat, Sall. Jug. 38.
      6. 6. so by dŭbium: while the mind is in u., dum in dubio est animus, Ter. Andr. 1, 5, 32.
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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• UNCERTAINTY
dubitatio (uncertainly in which one is kept; the act of doubting). The uncertainty of war, Mars belli communis. To be in a state of uncertainty [Vid: “to be UNCERTAIN”]. To relieve anybody from his uncertainty (= hesitation), dubitationem alicui tollere: to be in great uncertainty what to do, dubitatione aestuare (Vid: Cic., Verr., 2, 30, 74): to remain in uncertainty, in incerto relinqui (of things). To prefer a certainty to an uncertainty, certa incertis praeferre.