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

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Contents (2 entries · 8 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.
• uncertain:
      1. 1. incertus: when I was u. where you were, quum incertus essem, ubi esses, Cic. Att. 1, 9: u. in mind, i. animi, Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 46.
      2. 2. dŭbius: I am u. what to do, d. sum quid faciam, Hor. S. 1, 9, 40: u. in mind, animi dubius, Virg. Georg. 3, 289.
      3. 3. anceps, cĭpĭtis: u. whether Lucanian or Apulian, Lucanus an Appulus, anceps, Hor. S. 2, 1, 34: elephants are an u. race (fickle in temper), est genus anceps, Liv. 27, 14. Join: incertus exitus et anceps fortuna belli, Cic. Marc. 5, 15.
      4. 4. ambĭguus: fortune wanders with u. steps, passibus ambiguis errat, Ov. Trist. 5, 8, 16: a boy of u. disposition (not developed), ambigui ingenii, Plin. Ep. 4, 2.
      5. 5. lĕvis, e: it is seen how u. they are, perspiciuntur quam sint leves, Cic. Am. 17, 63: women are of u. mind, mulieres sunt ... levi sententia, Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 32.
      6. 6. mōbĭlis, e: the wills of kings are u., regiae voluntates ... mobiles, Sall. Jug. 113.
      7. 7. inconstans: the u. winds, inconstantes venti, Plin. 18, 35, 80.
      8. 8. districtus (perplexed): you seem to me to be u., districtus mihi videris esse, Cic. Fam. 2, 15. Phr.: u. in meaning, suspensa et obscura verba, Tac. A. 2, 11.
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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• UNCERTAIN
incertus (uncertain, also = undecided or unsettled): dubius (doubtful; both opposed to certus, of persons and things; e.g., spes; the chances of war, belli fortuna): anceps (doubtful as to the result; e.g., chances of war, but not in this sense of a single battle; Vid: UNDECIDED): ambiguus (ambiguous, having a double meaning, not to be relied upon; e.g., faith, fides). Very uncertain, perincertus (Sall., frag., ap. Gell., 18, 4, 4). To be uncertain, incertum or dubium esse (general term; of persons and things): incertum mihi est: in incerto habere (general term; of persons): animi or animo pendere (to be undecided): dubitatione aestuare (to be uneasy; to be in great doubt which resolution to adopt; Vid: Cic., Verr., 2, 30, 74): districtum esse (to waver which of two parties to join; Vid: Cic., Fam., 2, 15, 3; the last three of persons): in incerto or in dubio esse (general term; of things): non satis constare (not to be fully received as a settled point; not to be entirely without doubt; of things). All mostly followed by some interrogative, such as quid, utrum... an, etc. The history of this year, also, is in some degree uncertain, et hujus anni parum constans memoria est: uncertain what to do, incertus, quid faceret: to make or render anybody uncertain, alicui dubitationem injicere: to make anything uncertain, aliquid ad or in incertum revocare; aliquid in dubium vocare or revocare (to make it doubtful = raise a doubt about it): to leave anything uncertain, aliquid in medio, or in incerto, or in dubio relinquere: to prefer the certain to the uncertain, certa incertis praeferre.