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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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• indecision:
    1. I. In any particular case:
      1. 1. haesĭtātio: to pardon any one's i., alicujus h. ignoscere, Cic. Fam. 3, 12, 2: Tac.: v. hesitation.
      2. 2. dŭbĭtātio: to be in a state of extreme i., aestuare dubitatione [versare se in utramque partem], Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 30, 74. Join: dubitatio et mora, Sall. (R. and A.). Phr.: to be in a state of i., haesitare (v. to hesitate), animo fluctuari, Curt. 4, 12, ad fin.: Liv. (animi or animo pendere, is to be in a state of anxious suspense).
    2. II. As a feature of character:
      1. 1. inconstantia (lack of steadiness of purpose): Join: inconstantia mutabilitasque mentis, Cic. Tusc. 4, 35, fin.; varietas, et inconstantia et crebra sententiarum mutatio. Or. pro Dom. 2, 4.
      2. 2. animus parum firmus; propositi parum firmus; v. decided (adj.).
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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• INDECISION
dubitatio: haesitatio (doubt, etc., with reference to a particular case, about which anybody cannot determine how to act): inconstantia (want of firmness as manifested by unsteadiness of plans, etc.): (*crebra) mutatio consilii (change of purpose, Cic.): crebra sententiarum commutatio (frequent change of opinion, Cic., Dom., 2): inopia consilii (the being at a loss what to do): animus parum firmus, or varius incertusque (as a person’s character). Slowness and indecision, dubitatio et morae (e.g., senati, Sall.): a person of great indecision of character, homo parum firmus proposiio (after Velleius, 2, 63, fin.): all my former indecision, quicquid incerti mihi in ammo fuit (Plaut.): to be in a state of indecision, pendere animi (or animo); aestuare dubitatione; dubius est aliquis, quid faciat; affici inopia consilii: anybody remained for a long time in a state of indecision, diu incertum habuit aliquis, quidnam consilii caperet (Sall.); diu haesitavit aliquis, quid facere deberet.