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  • 81 halbseiden

    Adj.
    1. half-silk
    2. fig. pej. shady
    * * *
    hạlb|sei|den
    adj (lit)
    fifty per cent (Brit) or percent (US) silk; (fig ) Dame fast; Aussehen flashy; (= schwul) gay; (= zweifelhaft, undurchsichtig) dubious

    halbseidenes Milieu, halbseidene Kreise — the demimonde

    * * *
    halb·sei·den
    adj (pej fam) flashily shifty pej fam
    er griente wie ein \halbseidener amerikanischer Fernsehprediger he grinned like a shifty flash American TV evangelist
    * * *
    2) (ugs. abwertend): (unmännlich) poofy (coll.); pansyish (coll.)
    3) (ugs. abwertend): (anrüchig) dubious <business practice etc.>; fast < woman>
    * * *
    1. half-silk
    2. fig pej shady
    * * *
    2) (ugs. abwertend): (unmännlich) poofy (coll.); pansyish (coll.)
    3) (ugs. abwertend): (anrüchig) dubious <business practice etc.>; fast < woman>

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > halbseiden

  • 82 Lebenswandel

    m way of life; einen liederlichen Lebenswandel führen lead a dissolute life
    * * *
    Le|bens|wan|del
    m
    way of life

    einen einwandfreien/zweifelhaften etc Lébenswandel führen — to lead an irreproachable/a dubious etc life

    * * *
    Le·bens·wan·del
    m kein pl way of life
    einen einwandfreien/lockeren \Lebenswandel führen to lead an irreproachable/a dissolute life
    * * *
    der way of life

    einen zweifelhaften/einwandfreien Lebenswandel führen — lead a dubious/an irreproachable life

    * * *
    Lebenswandel m way of life;
    * * *
    der way of life

    einen zweifelhaften/einwandfreien Lebenswandel führen — lead a dubious/an irreproachable life

    * * *
    m.
    moral conduct n.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Lebenswandel

  • 83 unglaubwürdig

    I Adj. Aussage, Sache: implausible; Person: unreliable, untrustworthy; Politiker etc.: not credible; unglaubwürdiger Zeuge unreliable witness; sich unglaubwürdig machen lose credibility
    II Adv.: unglaubwürdig klingen sound implausible
    * * *
    implausible; untrustworthy
    * * *
    ụn|glaub|wür|dig
    1. adj
    implausible; Dokument dubious; Mensch unreliable
    2. adv
    sich benehmen, sich verhalten implausibly, unreliably
    * * *
    1) ((of a person, organization etc) not trustworthy or safe, financially or otherwise: I think the whole business sounds a bit dodgy.) dodgy
    2) (hard to believe: an improbable explanation.) improbable
    * * *
    un·glaub·wür·dig
    [ˈʊnglaupvʏrdɪç]
    I. adj implausible, dubious
    eine \unglaubwürdige Geschichte an implausible story
    ein \unglaubwürdiger Zeuge an unreliable witness
    sich akk \unglaubwürdig machen to lose credibility
    II. adv implausibly, dubiously
    seine Aussage klingt \unglaubwürdig his statement sounds dubious [or fishy] fam
    * * *
    Adjektiv implausible; untrustworthy, unreliable <witness etc.>
    * * *
    A. adj Aussage, Sache: implausible; Person: unreliable, untrustworthy; Politiker etc: not credible;
    unglaubwürdiger Zeuge unreliable witness;
    sich unglaubwürdig machen lose credibility
    B. adv:
    unglaubwürdig klingen sound implausible
    * * *
    Adjektiv implausible; untrustworthy, unreliable <witness etc.>
    * * *
    adj.
    unbelievable adj.
    unreliable adj.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > unglaubwürdig

  • 84 moral

    adj.
    moral.
    tienen el apoyo moral de todos nosotros they have our moral support
    f.
    1 morals, morality.
    moral estricta strict morals
    2 morale.
    su victoria nos dio mucha moral her win lifted our spirits o improved our morale
    estar bajo de moral to be in poor spirits
    levantarle o subirle la moral a alguien to lift somebody's spirits, to cheer somebody up
    3 mulberry tree, mulberry.
    4 blackberry bush.
    m.
    mulberry tree.
    * * *
    1 moral
    1 (reglas) morals plural
    2 (ánimo) morale, spirits plural
    \
    levantar la moral a alguien to boost somebody's morale, raise somebody's spirits
    estar bajo,-a de moral to be in low spirits
    estar con la moral por los suelos to be down in the dumps
    tener más moral que el Alcoyano to be a born optimist
    obligación moral moral duty
    ————————
    1 BOTÁNICA mulberry tree
    * * *
    1. noun f. 2. adj.
    * * *
    I
    SM (Bot) mulberry tree
    II
    1. ADJ
    1) (=ético) moral

    tenemos la obligación moral de ayudarle — we are morally obliged to help him, we have a moral obligation to help him

    2) (=espiritual) moral
    2. SF
    1) (=ética, moralidad) morality, morals pl

    la moral cristiana — Christian morality, Christian morals

    • doble moral — double standards pl

    • faltar a la moral — to behave immorally

    2) (=estado de ánimo) morale

    • tener baja la moral, estar bajo de moral — to feel a bit low

    • levantar la moral a algn — to raise sb's spirits o morale

    • la moral de las tropas estaba por los suelos — the morale of the troops was at rock bottom

    3) (=valor) moral courage
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo moral
    II
    masculino mulberry (tree)
    III
    1) (Fil, Relig)
    a) ( doctrina) moral doctrine
    b) ( moralidad) morality, morals (pl)
    2)
    a) ( estado de ánimo) morale

    levantarle la moral a alguien — to raise somebody's morale, lift somebody's spirits

    b) (arrojo, determinación) will
    * * *
    = moral, moral knowledge, morale, morality, sense of morality.
    Ex. Clear examples of such support were the abandoned forms SOCIAL AND MORAL CONDITIONS under Negroes and HISTORY AND CONDITION under women.
    Ex. P H Hirst defines eight such primary divisions of knowledge: mathematics, physical science, human science, history, moral knowledge, art, religion, philosophy.
    Ex. When they changed jobs, morale in public services fell immediately.
    Ex. A number of course leaders in the IT field regarded their lack of treatment of what might be termed morality of information provision as a drawback in their programmes.
    Ex. This article points to a warped sense of morality in which there is no such concept as 'theft' in some people's lexicon.
    ----
    * adoptar la postura moral correcta = take + the high ground.
    * apoyo moral = moral support.
    * asesor moral = guidance counsellor, ethicist.
    * autoridad moral, la = moral high ground, the.
    * bajar la moral = lower + morale.
    * carácter moral = moral character.
    * comportamiento moral = moral behaviour.
    * conducta moral = moral conduct.
    * corrupción moral = moral corruption.
    * deber moral = moral duty.
    * decadencia moral = moral decay.
    * degeneración moral = moral decay.
    * depravación moral = moral depravity.
    * doble moral = double standard.
    * hundirse la moral = morale + plummet.
    * iniquidad moral = moral turpitude.
    * integridad moral = moral character.
    * inyección de moral = shot in the arm.
    * juicio moral = moral judgement.
    * lavantar la moral = lift + Posesivo + spirits up.
    * mayoría moral, la = moral majority, the.
    * obligación moral = moral obligation.
    * palabras para levantar la moral = pep talk.
    * por razones morales = on moral grounds.
    * principio moral = moral principle.
    * subir la moral = boost + Posesivo + morale, lift + morale, increase + morale, improve + morale, boost + Posesivo + confidence, bolster + confidence.
    * valor moral = moral value.
    * victoria moral = moral victory.
    * virtud moral = moral virtue.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo moral
    II
    masculino mulberry (tree)
    III
    1) (Fil, Relig)
    a) ( doctrina) moral doctrine
    b) ( moralidad) morality, morals (pl)
    2)
    a) ( estado de ánimo) morale

    levantarle la moral a alguien — to raise somebody's morale, lift somebody's spirits

    b) (arrojo, determinación) will
    * * *
    = moral, moral knowledge, morale, morality, sense of morality.

    Ex: Clear examples of such support were the abandoned forms SOCIAL AND MORAL CONDITIONS under Negroes and HISTORY AND CONDITION under women.

    Ex: P H Hirst defines eight such primary divisions of knowledge: mathematics, physical science, human science, history, moral knowledge, art, religion, philosophy.
    Ex: When they changed jobs, morale in public services fell immediately.
    Ex: A number of course leaders in the IT field regarded their lack of treatment of what might be termed morality of information provision as a drawback in their programmes.
    Ex: This article points to a warped sense of morality in which there is no such concept as 'theft' in some people's lexicon.
    * adoptar la postura moral correcta = take + the high ground.
    * apoyo moral = moral support.
    * asesor moral = guidance counsellor, ethicist.
    * autoridad moral, la = moral high ground, the.
    * bajar la moral = lower + morale.
    * carácter moral = moral character.
    * comportamiento moral = moral behaviour.
    * conducta moral = moral conduct.
    * corrupción moral = moral corruption.
    * deber moral = moral duty.
    * decadencia moral = moral decay.
    * degeneración moral = moral decay.
    * depravación moral = moral depravity.
    * doble moral = double standard.
    * hundirse la moral = morale + plummet.
    * iniquidad moral = moral turpitude.
    * integridad moral = moral character.
    * inyección de moral = shot in the arm.
    * juicio moral = moral judgement.
    * lavantar la moral = lift + Posesivo + spirits up.
    * mayoría moral, la = moral majority, the.
    * obligación moral = moral obligation.
    * palabras para levantar la moral = pep talk.
    * por razones morales = on moral grounds.
    * principio moral = moral principle.
    * subir la moral = boost + Posesivo + morale, lift + morale, increase + morale, improve + morale, boost + Posesivo + confidence, bolster + confidence.
    * valor moral = moral value.
    * victoria moral = moral victory.
    * virtud moral = moral virtue.

    * * *
    A (ético) moral
    valores morales moral values
    tienes el deber/la obligación moral de denunciarlo you have a moral duty/obligation to report him
    la formación moral del individuo the moral education of the individual
    B (espiritual, psicológico) moral
    demostró tener gran fortaleza moral she showed that she possessed great moral strength o fiber
    no podemos brindarte más que apoyo moral we can only offer you moral support
    mulberry tree, mulberry
    A ( Fil, Relig)
    1 (doctrina) moral doctrine
    la moral cristiana the Christian doctrine
    2 (moralidad, ética) morality, morals (pl)
    faltar a la moral to commit an immoral act
    un lugar de dudosa moral a place of dubious morality
    B
    levantarle la moral a algn to raise sb's morale, lift sb's spirits
    estar bajo de moral to be feeling low
    han quedado con la moral por los suelos their morale has sunk to an all-time low o has hit rock bottom
    no pierdas la moral don't let things get you down
    tener más moral que el Alcoyano ( fam); to be very optimistic, to always look on the bright side
    2 (arrojo, determinación) will
    con una moral de acero with iron-willed determination
    * * *

    moral adjetivo
    moral
    ■ sustantivo femenino
    1 (Fil, Relig)


    2 ( estado de ánimo) morale;

    estar bajo de moral to be feeling low;
    tener la moral alta to be in good spirits
    ■ sustantivo masculino
    mulberry (tree)
    moral
    I adjetivo moral: hay unos principios morales que debemos observar, there are moral principles we should follow
    II sustantivo femenino
    1 (ética) morals pl: la moral de la época no era muy edificante, the morals of the time were not very uplifting
    2 (ánimo) morale, spirits pl: tengo la moral por los suelos, my spirits are very low
    ' moral' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    apreciarse
    - bajeza
    - conciencia
    - corrupción
    - daño
    - decente
    - deuda
    - ética
    - grandeza
    - incapaz
    - lesión
    - minar
    - moraleja
    - orden
    - relajación
    - relajarse
    - repugnancia
    - respaldo
    - sangrar
    - satisfacción
    - virtud
    - alto
    - atentado
    - bajo
    - compromiso
    - decadente
    - desmoronarse
    - echar
    - fortaleza
    - levantar
    - mora
    - poder
    - principio
    - relajar
    - relajo
    - rígido
    - sano
    English:
    boost
    - dubious
    - duty
    - good
    - grit
    - loose
    - moral
    - morale
    - ought
    - pep talk
    - right
    - self-righteousness
    - slip
    - softness
    - stiffen
    - victory
    - code
    - goodness
    - pep
    - self
    - standard
    - virtue
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [espiritual] moral;
    tienen el apoyo moral de todos nosotros they have our moral support;
    presentó una demanda por daños morales she made a claim for psychological damage
    2. [ético] moral;
    tengo la obligación moral de ayudarlos I am morally obliged to help them;
    no tiene autoridad moral para exigir mi dimisión she does not have the moral authority to demand my resignation
    ♦ nf
    1. [ética] morality;
    es un ejemplo de la doble moral del presidente it's an example of the president's double standards
    2. [ánimo] morale;
    su victoria nos dio mucha moral her win lifted our spirits o improved our morale;
    estar bajo de moral to be in poor spirits;
    levantarle o [m5] subirle la moral a alguien to lift sb's spirits, to cheer sb up;
    Esp Fam Hum
    tiene más moral que el Alcoyano she's not one to get downhearted easily
    moral2 nm
    [árbol] black mulberry tree
    * * *
    1
    I adj moral
    II f
    1 ( moralidad) morals pl
    2 ( ánimo) morale;
    estar bajo de moral be feeling low;
    2 m BOT mulberry tree
    * * *
    moral adj
    : moral
    ♦ moralmente adv
    moral nf
    1) moralidad: ethics, morality, morals pl
    2) ánimo: morale, spirits pl
    * * *
    moral1 adj moral
    moral2 n
    1. (principios) morality
    2. (ánimo) morale

    Spanish-English dictionary > moral

  • 85 turbio

    adj.
    1 cloudy, turbid, murky, muddy.
    2 misty, blurred.
    3 shady, murky, seedy, sleazy.
    4 nepheloid.
    * * *
    1 (oscurecido) cloudy, muddy, turbid
    2 figurado (dudoso) shady, dubious
    4 figurado (confuso) confused
    5 figurado (vista) blurred
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) [agua] cloudy, muddy, turbid frm
    2) [vista] dim, blurred; [mente, pensamientos] disturbed; [tema] unclear, confused
    3) [período] turbulent, unsettled
    4) [negocio] shady *; [método] dubious
    2.
    ADV

    ver turbio — not to see clearly, to have blurred vision

    3.
    SMPL sediment sing
    * * *
    - bia adjetivo
    a) < agua> cloudy
    b) <visión/ojos> blurred, misty
    c) <asunto/negocio> shady, murky
    * * *
    = murky [murkier -comp., murkiest -sup.], shady, muddy [muddier -comp., muddiest -sup,], roiling, cloudy [cloudier -comp., cloudies -sup.], turbid.
    Ex. There are extraordinary uncertainties in the murky future of higher education and to change the character of our library at this stage would be too extreme a measure.
    Ex. Moreover, the shady image of video libraries drove away discerning customers.
    Ex. In later years, the famous book mythological significance of muddy footprints introduced me to the ancient Hippopotamian culture.
    Ex. He stood on the muddy bank of the river just after dawn, staring dispiritedly at the roiling current separating him from Mexico.
    Ex. We walked the familiar grounds, grass wet from days of thunder storms, the morning still cloudy and threatening.
    Ex. I recently found out that 'turgid,' which actually means 'swollen' and that I was confusing it with ' turbid,' a word I've never heard.
    * * *
    - bia adjetivo
    a) < agua> cloudy
    b) <visión/ojos> blurred, misty
    c) <asunto/negocio> shady, murky
    * * *
    = murky [murkier -comp., murkiest -sup.], shady, muddy [muddier -comp., muddiest -sup,], roiling, cloudy [cloudier -comp., cloudies -sup.], turbid.

    Ex: There are extraordinary uncertainties in the murky future of higher education and to change the character of our library at this stage would be too extreme a measure.

    Ex: Moreover, the shady image of video libraries drove away discerning customers.
    Ex: In later years, the famous book mythological significance of muddy footprints introduced me to the ancient Hippopotamian culture.
    Ex: He stood on the muddy bank of the river just after dawn, staring dispiritedly at the roiling current separating him from Mexico.
    Ex: We walked the familiar grounds, grass wet from days of thunder storms, the morning still cloudy and threatening.
    Ex: I recently found out that 'turgid,' which actually means 'swollen' and that I was confusing it with ' turbid,' a word I've never heard.

    * * *
    1 ‹agua›
    el agua salía un poco turbia the water was a bit cloudy
    después de una tormenta el río baja turbio after a storm the waters of the river become murky o muddy
    2 ‹visión/ojos› blurred, misty
    3 ‹asunto/negocio› shady, murky
    * * *

    turbio
    ◊ - bia adjetivo

    a) ‹ agua› cloudy;

    ‹ río› muddy
    b) ‹visión/ojos› blurred, misty

    c) ‹asunto/negocio› shady, murky

    turbio,-a adjetivo
    1 (agua: del grifo) cloudy
    (: de un charco) muddy
    2 pey (intención, negocio) shady
    ' turbio' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    chanchullo
    - dudosa
    - dudoso
    - enredar
    - enredarse
    - fea
    - feo
    - oscura
    - oscuro
    - tejemaneje
    - turbia
    English:
    cloudy
    - dim
    - messy
    - muddy
    - murky
    - shady
    - turbid
    - cloudiness
    - dubious
    * * *
    turbio, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [líquido] [un poco] cloudy;
    [mucho] murky; [con barro] muddy
    2. [vista] blurred
    3. [negocio, vida] shady
    4. [época, periodo] turbulent, troubled
    ♦ adv
    ver turbio to have blurred vision
    * * *
    adj cloudy, murky; fig
    shady, murky
    * * *
    turbio, - bia adj
    1) : cloudy, murky, turbid
    2) : dim, blurred
    3) : shady, crooked
    * * *
    turbio adj
    1. (líquido) cloudy [comp. cloudier; superl. cloudiest]
    si el agua del grifo sale turbia, no la bebas if the tap water is cloudy, don't drink it
    2. (asunto, negocio) shady [comp. shadier; superl. shadiest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > turbio

  • 86 сомнительный

    1. doubtful, questionable

    ещё более сомнительным является то, что — it is still more arguable that

    2. (не внушающий доверия, подозрительный) dubious; (о репутации тж.) shady
    3. ( двусмысленный) dubious, equivocal

    Русско-английский словарь Смирнитского > сомнительный

  • 87 véreux

    véreux, -euse [veʀø, øz]
    adjective
       a. [fruit] worm-eaten
       b. [policier, financier] corrupt ; [affaire] shady (inf)
    * * *
    - euse veʀø, øz adjectif
    1) ( contenant des vers) [fruit] worm-eaten
    2) ( malhonnête) [politicien, avocat] bent (colloq), crooked; [affaire, contrat] shady (colloq), dubious
    * * *
    veʀø, øz adj (-euse)
    1) (fruit) worm-eaten
    2) (avocat) shady, corrupt
    * * *
    véreux, - euse adj
    1 ( contenant des vers) [fruit] wormy;
    2 ( malhonnête) [politicien, avocat] bent○, crooked; [affaire, contrat] dodgy○ GB, shady○, dubious.
    ( féminin véreuse) [verø, øz] adjectif
    1. [plein de vers - fruit, viande] wormy, maggoty
    2. [malhonnête - affaire, avocat, architecte, policier] dubious, shady

    Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > véreux

  • 88 сомнителен

    blurred; dim; dubious; doubtful; fuzzy
    ————————
    doubtful; questionable, equivocal; dubious, suspicious
    ————————
    dubious; doubtful; suspicious
    * * *
    pseudo, hot

    Македонско-англиски речник > сомнителен

  • 89 подозрителен

    1. (който подозира) suspicious. mistrustful
    2. (който буди подозрение) suspicious, suspect, suspicious-looking
    подозрително лице a suspicious/dubious character
    подозрителен човек (който подозира) a suspicious person, ( когото подозират) a suspect, a suspicious character
    подозрителен субект sl. a shady customer
    * * *
    подозрѝтелен,
    прил., -на, -но, -ни 1. ( който подозира) suspicious, distrustful, mistrustful;
    2. ( който буди подозрение) suspicious, suspect, suspicious-looking; ( съмнителен) dubious; shady; fishy; equivocal; • \подозрителенен субект sl. a shady customer.
    * * *
    1. (който буди подозрение) suspicious, suspect, suspicious-looking 2. (който подозира) suspicious. mistrustful 3. (съмнителен) shady;fishy 4. ПОДОЗРИТЕЛЕН субект sl. a shady customer 5. ПОДОЗРИТЕЛЕН човек (който подозира) a suspicious person, (когото подозират) a suspect, a suspicious character 6. подозрително лице а suspicious/dubious character

    Български-английски речник > подозрителен

  • 90 sospetto

    1. adj suspicious
    2. m, sospetta f suspect
    * * *
    sospetto1 agg.
    1 ( che suggerisce sospetto) suspicious, dubious: aria sospetta, suspicious air; un rumore sospetto, a suspicious noise; con un'occhiata sospetta, with a suspicious glance; in circostanze sospette, in suspicious circumstances
    2 ( discutibile) suspect; questionable: affermazioni sospette, questionable statements; la sua buona fede è sospetta, his good faith is suspect (o questionable); merce di provenienza sospetta, goods of doubtful (o questionable) origin
    3 ( di cui si teme l'esistenza) suspected: una sospetta lesione al fegato, a suspected lesion of the liver
    ◆ s.m. ( persona sospettata) suspect: la polizia arrestò i sospetti, the police arrested the suspects.
    sospetto2 s.m.
    1 suspicion: sospetto fondato, infondato, well-founded, unfounded suspicion; ciò mi mise in sospetto, this made me suspicious; guardava con sospetto, he was looking with suspicion; ho il sospetto che egli sia un ladro, I have a suspicion (o I suspect) (that) he is a thief (o I suspect him of being a thief); ho dei sospetti sulla sua onestà, I've got doubts about his honesty; su di lui pesava il sospetto di omicidio, the suspicion of murder hangs over him; cadere in sospetto, to fall under suspicion; destare sospetto, to rouse suspicion; al di sopra di ogni sospetto, above suspicion // ho l'atroce sospetto che non guarirà, I have a horrible feeling that she's not going to get better
    2 (fam.) ( piccola quantità) hint, touch.
    * * *
    I 1. [sos'pɛtto]
    aggettivo [auto, individuo] suspect, suspicious; [ comportamento] furtive, suspicious; [ rumore] suspicious; [ origine] dubious
    2.
    sostantivo maschile (sospettato) (f. -a) suspect
    II [sos'pɛtto]
    sostantivo maschile (dubbio, supposizione) suspicion, misgiving; (idea vaga) suspicion, feeling, inkling
    * * *
    sospetto1
    /sos'pεtto/
     [auto, individuo] suspect, suspicious; [ comportamento] furtive, suspicious; [ rumore] suspicious; [ origine] dubious; un tipo sospetto a suspicious-looking individual
      (sospettato) (f. -a) suspect.
    ————————
    sospetto2
    /sos'pεtto/
    sostantivo m.
    (dubbio, supposizione) suspicion, misgiving; (idea vaga) suspicion, feeling, inkling; destare -i to arouse suspicion; al di sopra di ogni sospetto above suspicion; avere il sospetto che to have a suspicion that; ho il vago sospetto che I have a shrewd idea that.

    Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > sospetto

  • 91 dubio

    dŭbĭus, a, um, adj. [for duhibius, duohabeo, held as two or double, i. e. doubtful; cf. dubito, Corss. Ausspr. 2, 1027].
    I.
    Moving in two directions alternately, vibrating to and fro, fluctuating (cf. ambiguus, anceps, incertus, perplexus, duplex).
    A.
    Lit. (very rare):

    ut vas non quit constare, nisi humor Destitit in dubio fluctu jactarier intus,

    Lucr. 6, 556; cf.:

    fluctibus dubiis volvi coeptum est mare,

    Liv. 37, 16, 4.—Far more freq. and class.,
    B.
    Trop., vacillating in mind, uncertain.
    1.
    Act.
    a.
    Wavering in opinion, doubting, doubtful, dubious, uncertain, = ambigens, haesitans, etc.:

    sin est is homo, anni multi me dubiam dant,

    Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 17:

    quae res est, quae cujusquam animum in hac causa dubium facere possit?

    Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 10.— With an interrog. clause, A. and S. Gr. §

    213 R. 4 (1.): temptat dubiam mentem rationis egestas, ecquae nam fuerit mundi genitalis origo,

    Lucr. 5, 1211; cf.:

    equites procul visi ab dubiis, quinam essent,

    Liv. 4, 40:

    dubius sum, quid faciam,

    Hor. S. 1, 9, 40:

    dubius, unde rumperet silentium,

    id. Epod. 5, 85:

    spemque metumque inter dubii, seu vivere credant, Sive extrema pati,

    Verg. A. 1, 218; cf. Liv. 1, 42:

    Philippus non dubius, quin, etc.,

    id. 31, 42:

    haud dubius quin,

    id. 42, 14; Curt. 5, 12.—With acc. and inf.:

    dictator minime dubius, bellum cum his populis Patres jussuros,

    Liv. 6, 14; so,

    haud dubius,

    id. 31, 24; Curt. 9, 7:

    nec sum animi dubius, verbis ea vincere magnum Quam sit,

    well aware how hard it is, Verg. G. 3, 289; so,

    dubius with the genitives animi, Auct. B. Alex. 56, 2: mentis,

    Ov. F. 6, 572:

    consilii,

    Just. 2, 13:

    sententiae,

    Liv. 33, 25 Drak.:

    salutis,

    Ov. M. 15, 438:

    vitae,

    id. Tr. 3, 3, 25:

    fati,

    Luc. 7, 611 al.; cf. Zumpt, Gr. § 437; A. and S. Gr. § 213 R. 1 ( a.).—
    b.
    Wavering in resolution, irresolute, undecided (very rare):

    dubio atque haesitante Jugurtha incolumes transeunt,

    Sall. J. 107, 6; cf.

    hostes (opp. firmi),

    id. ib. 51 fin.:

    nutantes ac dubiae civitates,

    Suet. Caes. 4 fin.:

    quid faciat dubius,

    Ov. M. 8, 441.— Poet. transf.:

    cuspis,

    Sil. 4, 188.—
    2.
    Pass., that is doubted of, uncertain, doubtful, dubious, undetermined (so most freq. in all periods and kinds of composition):

    videsne igitur, quae dubia sint, ea sumi pro certis atque concessis?

    Cic. Div. 2, 51, 106; cf. id. ib. 2, 50 fin.; id. Fin. 4, 24, 67; id. de Or. 1, 20, 92; id. Mur. 32, 68; Quint. 3, 4, 8; 7, 8, 6:

    nihil aegrius est quam res secernere apertas Ab dubiis,

    Lucr. 4, 468 (cf. verba, vague language, opp. aperta, Quint. 7, 2, 48):

    jus, opp. certum,

    id. 12, 3, 6;

    opp. confessum,

    id. 7, 7, 7:

    in regno, ubi ne obscura quidem est aut dubia servitus,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 31:

    dubium vel anceps genus causarum,

    Quint. 4, 1, 40; cf. id. 9, 2, 69: dubii variique casus, Auct. ap. Cic. Clu. 21, 58:

    et incerta societas,

    Suet. Aug. 17 et saep.:

    quia sciebam dubiam esse fortunam scenicam, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 8: salus (opp. aperta pernicies),

    Cic. N. D. 3, 27, 69:

    spes pacis,

    id. Att. 8, 13:

    victoria,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 80, 6; cf.:

    victoria, praeda, laus,

    Sall. J. 85, 48:

    Marte,

    Vell. 2, 55, 3:

    spes armorum,

    id. 2, 71:

    discrimen pugnae,

    indecisive, Sil. 5, 519:

    proelia,

    Tac. G. 6:

    auctor,

    unknown, Ov. M. 12, 61 et saep.:

    an auspicia repetenda, ne quid dubiis diis agerem?

    i. e. unassured of their favor, Liv. 8, 32:

    dubii socii suspensaeque ex fortuna fidei (opp. fideles socii and certi hostes),

    id. 44, 18; cf. Caes. B. C. 1, 3, 5:

    Hispaniae,

    Tac. A. 3, 44; cf.:

    gens dubiae ad id voluntatis,

    Liv. 9, 15:

    lux,

    i. e. morning twilight, dawn, Ov. M. 11, 596:

    sidera,

    Juv. 5, 22; cf.

    nox,

    evening twilight, Ov. M. 4, 401:

    caelum,

    i. e. over cast, Verg. G. 1, 252:

    fulgor solis,

    Sen. Herc. Fur. 670; cf.:

    et quasi languidus dies,

    Plin. Ep. 6, 20, 6:

    dubiāque tegens lanugine malas,

    i. e. between down and a beard, Ov. M. 9, 398; 13, 754; cf.:

    dubia lanuginis umbra, Claud. Epith. Pall. et Cel. 42: vina,

    not sure to ripen, Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 319:

    consilia,

    wavering, Tac. Agr. 18 et saep.:

    hunc annum sequitur annus haud dubiis consulibus (shortly thereafter the contrary: Papirius Semproniusque, quorum de consulatu dubitabatur),

    Liv. 4, 8; so,

    haud dubius praetor,

    id. 39, 39 fin.:

    haud dubii hostes,

    open enemies, id. 37, 49:

    haud dubii Galli (opp. degeneres, mixti, Gallograeci vere),

    id. 38, 17: cena dubia, see below, II.—
    b.
    In the neutr. absol.
    (α).
    (Non, haud) dubium est, it is ( not, not at all) doubtful, uncertain, undecided. (aa) Absol.:

    si quid erit dubium,

    Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 40:

    haud dubium id quidem est,

    id. Poen. 3, 4, 27; Ter. And. 2, 3, 25; cf.

    in the interrog.: o! dubiumne id est?

    Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 49; id. Heaut. 3, 3, 46; id. Phorm. 5, 2, 9; and with the dat.:

    an dubium id tibi est?

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 38; Cic. Fam. 4, 15.—(bb) With de:

    de Pompeii exitu mihi dubium numquam fuit,

    Cic. Att. 11, 6, 5; so,

    de eorum jure,

    id. de Or. 1, 57:

    de re,

    Quint. 7, 3, 4; cf. id. 7, 6, 3.—(ng) With an interrog. clause:

    illud dubium (est), ad id, quod summum bonum dicitis, ecquaenam fieri possit accessio,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 24, 67; cf. Quint. 7, 9, 12:

    hoc ergo, credo, dubium est, uter nostrum sit verecundior,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 41, 126:

    hoc enim dubium est, utrum... an,

    Quint. 6, 3, 83:

    Ambiorix copias suas judicione non conduxerit... an tempore exclusus, dubium est,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 31, 1:

    an dubium vobis fuit inesse vis aliqua videretur necne?

    Cic. Caecin. 11, 31 et saep.—Since the Aug. per. freq. dubium, absol. and adv.:

    codicilli, dubium ad quem scripti,

    Quint. 7, 2, 52:

    quo postquam dubium pius an sceleratus, Orestes venerat,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 4, 69; Suet. Caes. 58; id. Aug. 28; id. Tib. 10; Flor. 1, 1, 12; 2, 14, 3:

    Erechtheus, Justitiā dubium validisne potentior armis,

    Ov. M. 6, 678; cf. id. Pont. 3, 1, 17:

    neque multo post exstincto Maximo, dubium an quaesita morte,

    Tac. A. 1, 5; Flor. 1, 1, 8; 4, 2, 91 al.—(dd) Non dubium est quin uxorem nolit filius, Ter. And. 1, 2, 1; id. Eun. 5, 6, 27; Cic. de Or. 2, 8, 32; id. Att. 13, 45; Quint. 11, 2, 10 et saep.:

    haud dubium est, quin,

    Ter. And. 2, 3, 17; 3, 2, 50; id. Ad. 5, 9, 19;

    and interrog.,

    Quint. 3, 2, 1; 10, 1, 5. —(ee) With acc. and inf.:

    periisso me una haud dubium est,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 46; so Liv. 38, 6; Suet. Caes. 52 fin.; cf.

    interrog.: an dubium tibi est, eam esse hanc?

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 9.—Ellipt.:

    si exploratum tibi sit posse te, etc., non esse cunctandum: si dubium sit, non esse conandum,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 5.—
    (β).
    Dubium habere, to regard as uncertain, to doubt:

    an tu dubium habebis, etiam sancte quom jurem tibi?

    Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 112:

    an dubium habetis, num obficere quid vobis possit? etc.,

    Sall. H. Fragm. III. 61, 8 Dietsch; cf.:

    haec habere dubia, neque, etc.,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 9 fin. —
    (γ).
    In dubium:

    in dubium vocare,

    to call in question, Cic. de Or. 2, 34; cf.: illud me dixisse nemo vocabit in dubium, Asin. Pollio ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 31, 5. Vid. also under 3. b.:

    venire in dubium,

    Cic. Quint. 2; id. ib. 21, 67; Liv. 3, 13; cf.:

    alii non veniunt in dubium de voluntate,

    i. e. there is no doubt what their wish is, Cic. Att. 11, 15, 2. Vid. also under 3. b.—
    (δ).
    In dubio, in doubt, in question, undetermined:

    dum in dubio est animus,

    Ter. And. 1, 5, 31; cf. Luc. 7, 247:

    in dubioque fuere utrorum ad regna cadendum esset, etc.,

    Lucr. 3, 836; cf. id. 1085; Quint. 7, 9, 9:

    aestate potius quam hieme dandum, non est in dubio,

    Plin. 25, 5, 24, § 59 et saep.:

    ut in dubio poneret, utrum... an, etc.,

    Liv. 34, 5. Vid. also 3. b.—
    (ε).
    Sine dubio, without doubt, doubtless, indisputably, certainly (very freq.; in Cic. more than twenty times; not in Caes. and Sall.): Th. Numquid dubitas quin? etc. Gn. Sine dubio, opinor, Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 14; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 2; 47; id. Cat. 2, 1; id. Balb. 24, 55; id. Tusc. 2, 7, 18; id. Off. 1, 29, 102; id. N. D. 1, 9, 23; id. Att. 1, 19, 2 et saep. Vid. the passages in Stuerenb. Cic. Off. p. 134 sq. Sometimes, esp. in Quint., with adversative particles: sed, verum, at, etc., no doubt, doubtless... but, yet, etc.: cum te togatis omnibus sine dubio anteferret... sed, etc.. Cic. N. D. 1, 21, 58; so with sed, id. de Or, 3, 57; Quint. 1, 6, 38; 5, 10, 53; 6, 3, 64;

    with sed tamen,

    id. 12, 6, 7;

    with tamen,

    id. 3, 8, 21; 5, 7, 28; 6, 4, 12;

    with verum,

    id. 8 prooem. § 33;

    with at,

    id. 8, 3, 67;

    with autem,

    id. 1, 6, 12 Spald.—
    (ζ).
    Procul dubio, beyond question, undoubtedly (very rare), Lucr. 3, 638; Liv. 39, 40 fin.; Plin. 18, 21, 50, § 187; and:

    dubio procul,

    Lucr. 1, 812; 2, 261.—
    3.
    Meton., like anceps (4), doubtful, dubious, i. e. precarious, dangerous, critical, difficult (freq. but mostly poet.):

    res dubias, egenas, inopiosas consili,

    critical condition, Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 2; so,

    res,

    id. Capt. 2, 3, 46; id. Most. 5, 1, 1; Sall. C. 10, 2; 39, 3; id. J. 14, 5; Liv. 2, 50 fin.; Tac. A. 2, 62; Verg. A. 6, 196; 11, 445 al.; cf.

    pericla (with advorsae res),

    Lucr. 3, 55; 1076:

    tempora (opp. secunda),

    Hor. C. 4, 9, 36:

    mons erat ascensu dubius,

    Prop. 4, 4, 83; cf.:

    quae (loca) dubia nisu videbantur,

    Sall. J. 94, 2.—
    b.
    In the neutr. absol. (i. q. discrimen, II. B. 2, and periculum):

    mea quidem hercle certe in dubio vita est,

    is in danger, Ter. And. 2, 2, 10 Ruhnk.; Sall. C. 52, 6; cf. Ov. Am. 2, 13, 2:

    sese suas exercitusque fortunas in dubium non devocaturum,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 7, 6; cf. Cic. Caecin. 27, 76:

    tua fama et gnatae vita in dubium veniet,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 42; cf. id. ib. 2, 2, 35; Ov. H. 16, 138 Loers.— Plur. as subst.:

    hinc Italae gentes in dubiis responsa petunt,

    Verg. A. 7, 86:

    mens dubiis percussa pavet,

    Luc. 6, 596.
    II.
    For the syn. varius, manifold, various (only in the foll. passages): o multimodis variūm et dubiūm et prosperūm copem diem, Pac. ap. Non. 84, 23 (Trag. Rel. p. 115, ed. Rib.). And so prob. is to be explained dubia cena, a multifarious, richly provided supper, Ter. Ph. 2, 2, 28 (for the subjoined explanation of Terence: ubi tu dubites, quid sumas potissimum, is only outwardly adapted to the meaning of dubius); so,

    dubia cena,

    Hor. S. 2, 2, 77; and:

    fercula dubiae cenae,

    Aus. Mos. 102; Hier. Ep. 22, no. 16.—Hence, adv., in two forms.
    (α).
    dŭbĭe (acc. to I. B. 1.), doubtfully, dubiously (not in Plaut., Ter., or Caes.):

    potest accidere, ut aliquod signum dubie datum pro certo sit acceptum,

    Cic. Div. 1, 55.—Esp. freq. (particularly since the Aug. per.) with negatives: haud (rarely non) dubie, undoubtedly, indisputably, positively, certainly:

    etsi non dubie mihi nuntiabatur Parthos transisse Euphratem, tamen, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 15, 1 (nowhere else as an adv. in Cic.):

    non dubie,

    Quint. 7, 2, 6; 9, 4, 67; Front. Strat. 2, 3, 16; and with sed (cf. dubius, I. B. 2. b. e), Quint. 11, 2, 1; so,

    too, nec dubie,

    Liv. 2, 23 fin.; Quint. 2, 14, 2;

    and with verum,

    id. 3, 4, 1;

    with sed,

    Tac. A. 4, 19 fin.: haud dubie jam victor, [p. 615] Sall. J. 102, 1 (cf. on the contrary in Cic.: sine ulla dubitatione hostis, Phil. 14, 4, 10; cf. Liv. 3, 38; Cic. Cat. 4, 3, 5); so,

    haud dubie,

    Liv. 1, 9; 13; 3, 24; 38; 53; 4, 2; 23; 5, 10 fin.; 33 fin.; 49 fin. et saep. (about 70 times; see the passages in Stuerenb. Cic. Off. p. 138); Quint. 10, 1, 85; Tac. A. 2, 43; 88; id. H. 1, 7; 46; 72; 3, 86; 4, 27 fin.; 80; id. G. 28; Suet. Caes. 55; id. Calig. 9; id. Galb. 2; Vulg. Lev. 13, 43.—
    (β).
    dubio = dubie, App. M. 9, 2.

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  • 92 dubium

    dŭbĭus, a, um, adj. [for duhibius, duohabeo, held as two or double, i. e. doubtful; cf. dubito, Corss. Ausspr. 2, 1027].
    I.
    Moving in two directions alternately, vibrating to and fro, fluctuating (cf. ambiguus, anceps, incertus, perplexus, duplex).
    A.
    Lit. (very rare):

    ut vas non quit constare, nisi humor Destitit in dubio fluctu jactarier intus,

    Lucr. 6, 556; cf.:

    fluctibus dubiis volvi coeptum est mare,

    Liv. 37, 16, 4.—Far more freq. and class.,
    B.
    Trop., vacillating in mind, uncertain.
    1.
    Act.
    a.
    Wavering in opinion, doubting, doubtful, dubious, uncertain, = ambigens, haesitans, etc.:

    sin est is homo, anni multi me dubiam dant,

    Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 17:

    quae res est, quae cujusquam animum in hac causa dubium facere possit?

    Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 10.— With an interrog. clause, A. and S. Gr. §

    213 R. 4 (1.): temptat dubiam mentem rationis egestas, ecquae nam fuerit mundi genitalis origo,

    Lucr. 5, 1211; cf.:

    equites procul visi ab dubiis, quinam essent,

    Liv. 4, 40:

    dubius sum, quid faciam,

    Hor. S. 1, 9, 40:

    dubius, unde rumperet silentium,

    id. Epod. 5, 85:

    spemque metumque inter dubii, seu vivere credant, Sive extrema pati,

    Verg. A. 1, 218; cf. Liv. 1, 42:

    Philippus non dubius, quin, etc.,

    id. 31, 42:

    haud dubius quin,

    id. 42, 14; Curt. 5, 12.—With acc. and inf.:

    dictator minime dubius, bellum cum his populis Patres jussuros,

    Liv. 6, 14; so,

    haud dubius,

    id. 31, 24; Curt. 9, 7:

    nec sum animi dubius, verbis ea vincere magnum Quam sit,

    well aware how hard it is, Verg. G. 3, 289; so,

    dubius with the genitives animi, Auct. B. Alex. 56, 2: mentis,

    Ov. F. 6, 572:

    consilii,

    Just. 2, 13:

    sententiae,

    Liv. 33, 25 Drak.:

    salutis,

    Ov. M. 15, 438:

    vitae,

    id. Tr. 3, 3, 25:

    fati,

    Luc. 7, 611 al.; cf. Zumpt, Gr. § 437; A. and S. Gr. § 213 R. 1 ( a.).—
    b.
    Wavering in resolution, irresolute, undecided (very rare):

    dubio atque haesitante Jugurtha incolumes transeunt,

    Sall. J. 107, 6; cf.

    hostes (opp. firmi),

    id. ib. 51 fin.:

    nutantes ac dubiae civitates,

    Suet. Caes. 4 fin.:

    quid faciat dubius,

    Ov. M. 8, 441.— Poet. transf.:

    cuspis,

    Sil. 4, 188.—
    2.
    Pass., that is doubted of, uncertain, doubtful, dubious, undetermined (so most freq. in all periods and kinds of composition):

    videsne igitur, quae dubia sint, ea sumi pro certis atque concessis?

    Cic. Div. 2, 51, 106; cf. id. ib. 2, 50 fin.; id. Fin. 4, 24, 67; id. de Or. 1, 20, 92; id. Mur. 32, 68; Quint. 3, 4, 8; 7, 8, 6:

    nihil aegrius est quam res secernere apertas Ab dubiis,

    Lucr. 4, 468 (cf. verba, vague language, opp. aperta, Quint. 7, 2, 48):

    jus, opp. certum,

    id. 12, 3, 6;

    opp. confessum,

    id. 7, 7, 7:

    in regno, ubi ne obscura quidem est aut dubia servitus,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 31:

    dubium vel anceps genus causarum,

    Quint. 4, 1, 40; cf. id. 9, 2, 69: dubii variique casus, Auct. ap. Cic. Clu. 21, 58:

    et incerta societas,

    Suet. Aug. 17 et saep.:

    quia sciebam dubiam esse fortunam scenicam, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 8: salus (opp. aperta pernicies),

    Cic. N. D. 3, 27, 69:

    spes pacis,

    id. Att. 8, 13:

    victoria,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 80, 6; cf.:

    victoria, praeda, laus,

    Sall. J. 85, 48:

    Marte,

    Vell. 2, 55, 3:

    spes armorum,

    id. 2, 71:

    discrimen pugnae,

    indecisive, Sil. 5, 519:

    proelia,

    Tac. G. 6:

    auctor,

    unknown, Ov. M. 12, 61 et saep.:

    an auspicia repetenda, ne quid dubiis diis agerem?

    i. e. unassured of their favor, Liv. 8, 32:

    dubii socii suspensaeque ex fortuna fidei (opp. fideles socii and certi hostes),

    id. 44, 18; cf. Caes. B. C. 1, 3, 5:

    Hispaniae,

    Tac. A. 3, 44; cf.:

    gens dubiae ad id voluntatis,

    Liv. 9, 15:

    lux,

    i. e. morning twilight, dawn, Ov. M. 11, 596:

    sidera,

    Juv. 5, 22; cf.

    nox,

    evening twilight, Ov. M. 4, 401:

    caelum,

    i. e. over cast, Verg. G. 1, 252:

    fulgor solis,

    Sen. Herc. Fur. 670; cf.:

    et quasi languidus dies,

    Plin. Ep. 6, 20, 6:

    dubiāque tegens lanugine malas,

    i. e. between down and a beard, Ov. M. 9, 398; 13, 754; cf.:

    dubia lanuginis umbra, Claud. Epith. Pall. et Cel. 42: vina,

    not sure to ripen, Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 319:

    consilia,

    wavering, Tac. Agr. 18 et saep.:

    hunc annum sequitur annus haud dubiis consulibus (shortly thereafter the contrary: Papirius Semproniusque, quorum de consulatu dubitabatur),

    Liv. 4, 8; so,

    haud dubius praetor,

    id. 39, 39 fin.:

    haud dubii hostes,

    open enemies, id. 37, 49:

    haud dubii Galli (opp. degeneres, mixti, Gallograeci vere),

    id. 38, 17: cena dubia, see below, II.—
    b.
    In the neutr. absol.
    (α).
    (Non, haud) dubium est, it is ( not, not at all) doubtful, uncertain, undecided. (aa) Absol.:

    si quid erit dubium,

    Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 40:

    haud dubium id quidem est,

    id. Poen. 3, 4, 27; Ter. And. 2, 3, 25; cf.

    in the interrog.: o! dubiumne id est?

    Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 49; id. Heaut. 3, 3, 46; id. Phorm. 5, 2, 9; and with the dat.:

    an dubium id tibi est?

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 38; Cic. Fam. 4, 15.—(bb) With de:

    de Pompeii exitu mihi dubium numquam fuit,

    Cic. Att. 11, 6, 5; so,

    de eorum jure,

    id. de Or. 1, 57:

    de re,

    Quint. 7, 3, 4; cf. id. 7, 6, 3.—(ng) With an interrog. clause:

    illud dubium (est), ad id, quod summum bonum dicitis, ecquaenam fieri possit accessio,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 24, 67; cf. Quint. 7, 9, 12:

    hoc ergo, credo, dubium est, uter nostrum sit verecundior,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 41, 126:

    hoc enim dubium est, utrum... an,

    Quint. 6, 3, 83:

    Ambiorix copias suas judicione non conduxerit... an tempore exclusus, dubium est,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 31, 1:

    an dubium vobis fuit inesse vis aliqua videretur necne?

    Cic. Caecin. 11, 31 et saep.—Since the Aug. per. freq. dubium, absol. and adv.:

    codicilli, dubium ad quem scripti,

    Quint. 7, 2, 52:

    quo postquam dubium pius an sceleratus, Orestes venerat,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 4, 69; Suet. Caes. 58; id. Aug. 28; id. Tib. 10; Flor. 1, 1, 12; 2, 14, 3:

    Erechtheus, Justitiā dubium validisne potentior armis,

    Ov. M. 6, 678; cf. id. Pont. 3, 1, 17:

    neque multo post exstincto Maximo, dubium an quaesita morte,

    Tac. A. 1, 5; Flor. 1, 1, 8; 4, 2, 91 al.—(dd) Non dubium est quin uxorem nolit filius, Ter. And. 1, 2, 1; id. Eun. 5, 6, 27; Cic. de Or. 2, 8, 32; id. Att. 13, 45; Quint. 11, 2, 10 et saep.:

    haud dubium est, quin,

    Ter. And. 2, 3, 17; 3, 2, 50; id. Ad. 5, 9, 19;

    and interrog.,

    Quint. 3, 2, 1; 10, 1, 5. —(ee) With acc. and inf.:

    periisso me una haud dubium est,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 46; so Liv. 38, 6; Suet. Caes. 52 fin.; cf.

    interrog.: an dubium tibi est, eam esse hanc?

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 9.—Ellipt.:

    si exploratum tibi sit posse te, etc., non esse cunctandum: si dubium sit, non esse conandum,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 5.—
    (β).
    Dubium habere, to regard as uncertain, to doubt:

    an tu dubium habebis, etiam sancte quom jurem tibi?

    Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 112:

    an dubium habetis, num obficere quid vobis possit? etc.,

    Sall. H. Fragm. III. 61, 8 Dietsch; cf.:

    haec habere dubia, neque, etc.,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 9 fin. —
    (γ).
    In dubium:

    in dubium vocare,

    to call in question, Cic. de Or. 2, 34; cf.: illud me dixisse nemo vocabit in dubium, Asin. Pollio ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 31, 5. Vid. also under 3. b.:

    venire in dubium,

    Cic. Quint. 2; id. ib. 21, 67; Liv. 3, 13; cf.:

    alii non veniunt in dubium de voluntate,

    i. e. there is no doubt what their wish is, Cic. Att. 11, 15, 2. Vid. also under 3. b.—
    (δ).
    In dubio, in doubt, in question, undetermined:

    dum in dubio est animus,

    Ter. And. 1, 5, 31; cf. Luc. 7, 247:

    in dubioque fuere utrorum ad regna cadendum esset, etc.,

    Lucr. 3, 836; cf. id. 1085; Quint. 7, 9, 9:

    aestate potius quam hieme dandum, non est in dubio,

    Plin. 25, 5, 24, § 59 et saep.:

    ut in dubio poneret, utrum... an, etc.,

    Liv. 34, 5. Vid. also 3. b.—
    (ε).
    Sine dubio, without doubt, doubtless, indisputably, certainly (very freq.; in Cic. more than twenty times; not in Caes. and Sall.): Th. Numquid dubitas quin? etc. Gn. Sine dubio, opinor, Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 14; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 2; 47; id. Cat. 2, 1; id. Balb. 24, 55; id. Tusc. 2, 7, 18; id. Off. 1, 29, 102; id. N. D. 1, 9, 23; id. Att. 1, 19, 2 et saep. Vid. the passages in Stuerenb. Cic. Off. p. 134 sq. Sometimes, esp. in Quint., with adversative particles: sed, verum, at, etc., no doubt, doubtless... but, yet, etc.: cum te togatis omnibus sine dubio anteferret... sed, etc.. Cic. N. D. 1, 21, 58; so with sed, id. de Or, 3, 57; Quint. 1, 6, 38; 5, 10, 53; 6, 3, 64;

    with sed tamen,

    id. 12, 6, 7;

    with tamen,

    id. 3, 8, 21; 5, 7, 28; 6, 4, 12;

    with verum,

    id. 8 prooem. § 33;

    with at,

    id. 8, 3, 67;

    with autem,

    id. 1, 6, 12 Spald.—
    (ζ).
    Procul dubio, beyond question, undoubtedly (very rare), Lucr. 3, 638; Liv. 39, 40 fin.; Plin. 18, 21, 50, § 187; and:

    dubio procul,

    Lucr. 1, 812; 2, 261.—
    3.
    Meton., like anceps (4), doubtful, dubious, i. e. precarious, dangerous, critical, difficult (freq. but mostly poet.):

    res dubias, egenas, inopiosas consili,

    critical condition, Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 2; so,

    res,

    id. Capt. 2, 3, 46; id. Most. 5, 1, 1; Sall. C. 10, 2; 39, 3; id. J. 14, 5; Liv. 2, 50 fin.; Tac. A. 2, 62; Verg. A. 6, 196; 11, 445 al.; cf.

    pericla (with advorsae res),

    Lucr. 3, 55; 1076:

    tempora (opp. secunda),

    Hor. C. 4, 9, 36:

    mons erat ascensu dubius,

    Prop. 4, 4, 83; cf.:

    quae (loca) dubia nisu videbantur,

    Sall. J. 94, 2.—
    b.
    In the neutr. absol. (i. q. discrimen, II. B. 2, and periculum):

    mea quidem hercle certe in dubio vita est,

    is in danger, Ter. And. 2, 2, 10 Ruhnk.; Sall. C. 52, 6; cf. Ov. Am. 2, 13, 2:

    sese suas exercitusque fortunas in dubium non devocaturum,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 7, 6; cf. Cic. Caecin. 27, 76:

    tua fama et gnatae vita in dubium veniet,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 42; cf. id. ib. 2, 2, 35; Ov. H. 16, 138 Loers.— Plur. as subst.:

    hinc Italae gentes in dubiis responsa petunt,

    Verg. A. 7, 86:

    mens dubiis percussa pavet,

    Luc. 6, 596.
    II.
    For the syn. varius, manifold, various (only in the foll. passages): o multimodis variūm et dubiūm et prosperūm copem diem, Pac. ap. Non. 84, 23 (Trag. Rel. p. 115, ed. Rib.). And so prob. is to be explained dubia cena, a multifarious, richly provided supper, Ter. Ph. 2, 2, 28 (for the subjoined explanation of Terence: ubi tu dubites, quid sumas potissimum, is only outwardly adapted to the meaning of dubius); so,

    dubia cena,

    Hor. S. 2, 2, 77; and:

    fercula dubiae cenae,

    Aus. Mos. 102; Hier. Ep. 22, no. 16.—Hence, adv., in two forms.
    (α).
    dŭbĭe (acc. to I. B. 1.), doubtfully, dubiously (not in Plaut., Ter., or Caes.):

    potest accidere, ut aliquod signum dubie datum pro certo sit acceptum,

    Cic. Div. 1, 55.—Esp. freq. (particularly since the Aug. per.) with negatives: haud (rarely non) dubie, undoubtedly, indisputably, positively, certainly:

    etsi non dubie mihi nuntiabatur Parthos transisse Euphratem, tamen, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 15, 1 (nowhere else as an adv. in Cic.):

    non dubie,

    Quint. 7, 2, 6; 9, 4, 67; Front. Strat. 2, 3, 16; and with sed (cf. dubius, I. B. 2. b. e), Quint. 11, 2, 1; so,

    too, nec dubie,

    Liv. 2, 23 fin.; Quint. 2, 14, 2;

    and with verum,

    id. 3, 4, 1;

    with sed,

    Tac. A. 4, 19 fin.: haud dubie jam victor, [p. 615] Sall. J. 102, 1 (cf. on the contrary in Cic.: sine ulla dubitatione hostis, Phil. 14, 4, 10; cf. Liv. 3, 38; Cic. Cat. 4, 3, 5); so,

    haud dubie,

    Liv. 1, 9; 13; 3, 24; 38; 53; 4, 2; 23; 5, 10 fin.; 33 fin.; 49 fin. et saep. (about 70 times; see the passages in Stuerenb. Cic. Off. p. 138); Quint. 10, 1, 85; Tac. A. 2, 43; 88; id. H. 1, 7; 46; 72; 3, 86; 4, 27 fin.; 80; id. G. 28; Suet. Caes. 55; id. Calig. 9; id. Galb. 2; Vulg. Lev. 13, 43.—
    (β).
    dubio = dubie, App. M. 9, 2.

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  • 93 dubius

    dŭbĭus, a, um, adj. [for duhibius, duohabeo, held as two or double, i. e. doubtful; cf. dubito, Corss. Ausspr. 2, 1027].
    I.
    Moving in two directions alternately, vibrating to and fro, fluctuating (cf. ambiguus, anceps, incertus, perplexus, duplex).
    A.
    Lit. (very rare):

    ut vas non quit constare, nisi humor Destitit in dubio fluctu jactarier intus,

    Lucr. 6, 556; cf.:

    fluctibus dubiis volvi coeptum est mare,

    Liv. 37, 16, 4.—Far more freq. and class.,
    B.
    Trop., vacillating in mind, uncertain.
    1.
    Act.
    a.
    Wavering in opinion, doubting, doubtful, dubious, uncertain, = ambigens, haesitans, etc.:

    sin est is homo, anni multi me dubiam dant,

    Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 17:

    quae res est, quae cujusquam animum in hac causa dubium facere possit?

    Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 10.— With an interrog. clause, A. and S. Gr. §

    213 R. 4 (1.): temptat dubiam mentem rationis egestas, ecquae nam fuerit mundi genitalis origo,

    Lucr. 5, 1211; cf.:

    equites procul visi ab dubiis, quinam essent,

    Liv. 4, 40:

    dubius sum, quid faciam,

    Hor. S. 1, 9, 40:

    dubius, unde rumperet silentium,

    id. Epod. 5, 85:

    spemque metumque inter dubii, seu vivere credant, Sive extrema pati,

    Verg. A. 1, 218; cf. Liv. 1, 42:

    Philippus non dubius, quin, etc.,

    id. 31, 42:

    haud dubius quin,

    id. 42, 14; Curt. 5, 12.—With acc. and inf.:

    dictator minime dubius, bellum cum his populis Patres jussuros,

    Liv. 6, 14; so,

    haud dubius,

    id. 31, 24; Curt. 9, 7:

    nec sum animi dubius, verbis ea vincere magnum Quam sit,

    well aware how hard it is, Verg. G. 3, 289; so,

    dubius with the genitives animi, Auct. B. Alex. 56, 2: mentis,

    Ov. F. 6, 572:

    consilii,

    Just. 2, 13:

    sententiae,

    Liv. 33, 25 Drak.:

    salutis,

    Ov. M. 15, 438:

    vitae,

    id. Tr. 3, 3, 25:

    fati,

    Luc. 7, 611 al.; cf. Zumpt, Gr. § 437; A. and S. Gr. § 213 R. 1 ( a.).—
    b.
    Wavering in resolution, irresolute, undecided (very rare):

    dubio atque haesitante Jugurtha incolumes transeunt,

    Sall. J. 107, 6; cf.

    hostes (opp. firmi),

    id. ib. 51 fin.:

    nutantes ac dubiae civitates,

    Suet. Caes. 4 fin.:

    quid faciat dubius,

    Ov. M. 8, 441.— Poet. transf.:

    cuspis,

    Sil. 4, 188.—
    2.
    Pass., that is doubted of, uncertain, doubtful, dubious, undetermined (so most freq. in all periods and kinds of composition):

    videsne igitur, quae dubia sint, ea sumi pro certis atque concessis?

    Cic. Div. 2, 51, 106; cf. id. ib. 2, 50 fin.; id. Fin. 4, 24, 67; id. de Or. 1, 20, 92; id. Mur. 32, 68; Quint. 3, 4, 8; 7, 8, 6:

    nihil aegrius est quam res secernere apertas Ab dubiis,

    Lucr. 4, 468 (cf. verba, vague language, opp. aperta, Quint. 7, 2, 48):

    jus, opp. certum,

    id. 12, 3, 6;

    opp. confessum,

    id. 7, 7, 7:

    in regno, ubi ne obscura quidem est aut dubia servitus,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 31:

    dubium vel anceps genus causarum,

    Quint. 4, 1, 40; cf. id. 9, 2, 69: dubii variique casus, Auct. ap. Cic. Clu. 21, 58:

    et incerta societas,

    Suet. Aug. 17 et saep.:

    quia sciebam dubiam esse fortunam scenicam, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 8: salus (opp. aperta pernicies),

    Cic. N. D. 3, 27, 69:

    spes pacis,

    id. Att. 8, 13:

    victoria,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 80, 6; cf.:

    victoria, praeda, laus,

    Sall. J. 85, 48:

    Marte,

    Vell. 2, 55, 3:

    spes armorum,

    id. 2, 71:

    discrimen pugnae,

    indecisive, Sil. 5, 519:

    proelia,

    Tac. G. 6:

    auctor,

    unknown, Ov. M. 12, 61 et saep.:

    an auspicia repetenda, ne quid dubiis diis agerem?

    i. e. unassured of their favor, Liv. 8, 32:

    dubii socii suspensaeque ex fortuna fidei (opp. fideles socii and certi hostes),

    id. 44, 18; cf. Caes. B. C. 1, 3, 5:

    Hispaniae,

    Tac. A. 3, 44; cf.:

    gens dubiae ad id voluntatis,

    Liv. 9, 15:

    lux,

    i. e. morning twilight, dawn, Ov. M. 11, 596:

    sidera,

    Juv. 5, 22; cf.

    nox,

    evening twilight, Ov. M. 4, 401:

    caelum,

    i. e. over cast, Verg. G. 1, 252:

    fulgor solis,

    Sen. Herc. Fur. 670; cf.:

    et quasi languidus dies,

    Plin. Ep. 6, 20, 6:

    dubiāque tegens lanugine malas,

    i. e. between down and a beard, Ov. M. 9, 398; 13, 754; cf.:

    dubia lanuginis umbra, Claud. Epith. Pall. et Cel. 42: vina,

    not sure to ripen, Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 319:

    consilia,

    wavering, Tac. Agr. 18 et saep.:

    hunc annum sequitur annus haud dubiis consulibus (shortly thereafter the contrary: Papirius Semproniusque, quorum de consulatu dubitabatur),

    Liv. 4, 8; so,

    haud dubius praetor,

    id. 39, 39 fin.:

    haud dubii hostes,

    open enemies, id. 37, 49:

    haud dubii Galli (opp. degeneres, mixti, Gallograeci vere),

    id. 38, 17: cena dubia, see below, II.—
    b.
    In the neutr. absol.
    (α).
    (Non, haud) dubium est, it is ( not, not at all) doubtful, uncertain, undecided. (aa) Absol.:

    si quid erit dubium,

    Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 40:

    haud dubium id quidem est,

    id. Poen. 3, 4, 27; Ter. And. 2, 3, 25; cf.

    in the interrog.: o! dubiumne id est?

    Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 49; id. Heaut. 3, 3, 46; id. Phorm. 5, 2, 9; and with the dat.:

    an dubium id tibi est?

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 38; Cic. Fam. 4, 15.—(bb) With de:

    de Pompeii exitu mihi dubium numquam fuit,

    Cic. Att. 11, 6, 5; so,

    de eorum jure,

    id. de Or. 1, 57:

    de re,

    Quint. 7, 3, 4; cf. id. 7, 6, 3.—(ng) With an interrog. clause:

    illud dubium (est), ad id, quod summum bonum dicitis, ecquaenam fieri possit accessio,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 24, 67; cf. Quint. 7, 9, 12:

    hoc ergo, credo, dubium est, uter nostrum sit verecundior,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 41, 126:

    hoc enim dubium est, utrum... an,

    Quint. 6, 3, 83:

    Ambiorix copias suas judicione non conduxerit... an tempore exclusus, dubium est,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 31, 1:

    an dubium vobis fuit inesse vis aliqua videretur necne?

    Cic. Caecin. 11, 31 et saep.—Since the Aug. per. freq. dubium, absol. and adv.:

    codicilli, dubium ad quem scripti,

    Quint. 7, 2, 52:

    quo postquam dubium pius an sceleratus, Orestes venerat,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 4, 69; Suet. Caes. 58; id. Aug. 28; id. Tib. 10; Flor. 1, 1, 12; 2, 14, 3:

    Erechtheus, Justitiā dubium validisne potentior armis,

    Ov. M. 6, 678; cf. id. Pont. 3, 1, 17:

    neque multo post exstincto Maximo, dubium an quaesita morte,

    Tac. A. 1, 5; Flor. 1, 1, 8; 4, 2, 91 al.—(dd) Non dubium est quin uxorem nolit filius, Ter. And. 1, 2, 1; id. Eun. 5, 6, 27; Cic. de Or. 2, 8, 32; id. Att. 13, 45; Quint. 11, 2, 10 et saep.:

    haud dubium est, quin,

    Ter. And. 2, 3, 17; 3, 2, 50; id. Ad. 5, 9, 19;

    and interrog.,

    Quint. 3, 2, 1; 10, 1, 5. —(ee) With acc. and inf.:

    periisso me una haud dubium est,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 46; so Liv. 38, 6; Suet. Caes. 52 fin.; cf.

    interrog.: an dubium tibi est, eam esse hanc?

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 9.—Ellipt.:

    si exploratum tibi sit posse te, etc., non esse cunctandum: si dubium sit, non esse conandum,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 5.—
    (β).
    Dubium habere, to regard as uncertain, to doubt:

    an tu dubium habebis, etiam sancte quom jurem tibi?

    Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 112:

    an dubium habetis, num obficere quid vobis possit? etc.,

    Sall. H. Fragm. III. 61, 8 Dietsch; cf.:

    haec habere dubia, neque, etc.,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 9 fin. —
    (γ).
    In dubium:

    in dubium vocare,

    to call in question, Cic. de Or. 2, 34; cf.: illud me dixisse nemo vocabit in dubium, Asin. Pollio ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 31, 5. Vid. also under 3. b.:

    venire in dubium,

    Cic. Quint. 2; id. ib. 21, 67; Liv. 3, 13; cf.:

    alii non veniunt in dubium de voluntate,

    i. e. there is no doubt what their wish is, Cic. Att. 11, 15, 2. Vid. also under 3. b.—
    (δ).
    In dubio, in doubt, in question, undetermined:

    dum in dubio est animus,

    Ter. And. 1, 5, 31; cf. Luc. 7, 247:

    in dubioque fuere utrorum ad regna cadendum esset, etc.,

    Lucr. 3, 836; cf. id. 1085; Quint. 7, 9, 9:

    aestate potius quam hieme dandum, non est in dubio,

    Plin. 25, 5, 24, § 59 et saep.:

    ut in dubio poneret, utrum... an, etc.,

    Liv. 34, 5. Vid. also 3. b.—
    (ε).
    Sine dubio, without doubt, doubtless, indisputably, certainly (very freq.; in Cic. more than twenty times; not in Caes. and Sall.): Th. Numquid dubitas quin? etc. Gn. Sine dubio, opinor, Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 14; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 2; 47; id. Cat. 2, 1; id. Balb. 24, 55; id. Tusc. 2, 7, 18; id. Off. 1, 29, 102; id. N. D. 1, 9, 23; id. Att. 1, 19, 2 et saep. Vid. the passages in Stuerenb. Cic. Off. p. 134 sq. Sometimes, esp. in Quint., with adversative particles: sed, verum, at, etc., no doubt, doubtless... but, yet, etc.: cum te togatis omnibus sine dubio anteferret... sed, etc.. Cic. N. D. 1, 21, 58; so with sed, id. de Or, 3, 57; Quint. 1, 6, 38; 5, 10, 53; 6, 3, 64;

    with sed tamen,

    id. 12, 6, 7;

    with tamen,

    id. 3, 8, 21; 5, 7, 28; 6, 4, 12;

    with verum,

    id. 8 prooem. § 33;

    with at,

    id. 8, 3, 67;

    with autem,

    id. 1, 6, 12 Spald.—
    (ζ).
    Procul dubio, beyond question, undoubtedly (very rare), Lucr. 3, 638; Liv. 39, 40 fin.; Plin. 18, 21, 50, § 187; and:

    dubio procul,

    Lucr. 1, 812; 2, 261.—
    3.
    Meton., like anceps (4), doubtful, dubious, i. e. precarious, dangerous, critical, difficult (freq. but mostly poet.):

    res dubias, egenas, inopiosas consili,

    critical condition, Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 2; so,

    res,

    id. Capt. 2, 3, 46; id. Most. 5, 1, 1; Sall. C. 10, 2; 39, 3; id. J. 14, 5; Liv. 2, 50 fin.; Tac. A. 2, 62; Verg. A. 6, 196; 11, 445 al.; cf.

    pericla (with advorsae res),

    Lucr. 3, 55; 1076:

    tempora (opp. secunda),

    Hor. C. 4, 9, 36:

    mons erat ascensu dubius,

    Prop. 4, 4, 83; cf.:

    quae (loca) dubia nisu videbantur,

    Sall. J. 94, 2.—
    b.
    In the neutr. absol. (i. q. discrimen, II. B. 2, and periculum):

    mea quidem hercle certe in dubio vita est,

    is in danger, Ter. And. 2, 2, 10 Ruhnk.; Sall. C. 52, 6; cf. Ov. Am. 2, 13, 2:

    sese suas exercitusque fortunas in dubium non devocaturum,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 7, 6; cf. Cic. Caecin. 27, 76:

    tua fama et gnatae vita in dubium veniet,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 42; cf. id. ib. 2, 2, 35; Ov. H. 16, 138 Loers.— Plur. as subst.:

    hinc Italae gentes in dubiis responsa petunt,

    Verg. A. 7, 86:

    mens dubiis percussa pavet,

    Luc. 6, 596.
    II.
    For the syn. varius, manifold, various (only in the foll. passages): o multimodis variūm et dubiūm et prosperūm copem diem, Pac. ap. Non. 84, 23 (Trag. Rel. p. 115, ed. Rib.). And so prob. is to be explained dubia cena, a multifarious, richly provided supper, Ter. Ph. 2, 2, 28 (for the subjoined explanation of Terence: ubi tu dubites, quid sumas potissimum, is only outwardly adapted to the meaning of dubius); so,

    dubia cena,

    Hor. S. 2, 2, 77; and:

    fercula dubiae cenae,

    Aus. Mos. 102; Hier. Ep. 22, no. 16.—Hence, adv., in two forms.
    (α).
    dŭbĭe (acc. to I. B. 1.), doubtfully, dubiously (not in Plaut., Ter., or Caes.):

    potest accidere, ut aliquod signum dubie datum pro certo sit acceptum,

    Cic. Div. 1, 55.—Esp. freq. (particularly since the Aug. per.) with negatives: haud (rarely non) dubie, undoubtedly, indisputably, positively, certainly:

    etsi non dubie mihi nuntiabatur Parthos transisse Euphratem, tamen, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 15, 1 (nowhere else as an adv. in Cic.):

    non dubie,

    Quint. 7, 2, 6; 9, 4, 67; Front. Strat. 2, 3, 16; and with sed (cf. dubius, I. B. 2. b. e), Quint. 11, 2, 1; so,

    too, nec dubie,

    Liv. 2, 23 fin.; Quint. 2, 14, 2;

    and with verum,

    id. 3, 4, 1;

    with sed,

    Tac. A. 4, 19 fin.: haud dubie jam victor, [p. 615] Sall. J. 102, 1 (cf. on the contrary in Cic.: sine ulla dubitatione hostis, Phil. 14, 4, 10; cf. Liv. 3, 38; Cic. Cat. 4, 3, 5); so,

    haud dubie,

    Liv. 1, 9; 13; 3, 24; 38; 53; 4, 2; 23; 5, 10 fin.; 33 fin.; 49 fin. et saep. (about 70 times; see the passages in Stuerenb. Cic. Off. p. 138); Quint. 10, 1, 85; Tac. A. 2, 43; 88; id. H. 1, 7; 46; 72; 3, 86; 4, 27 fin.; 80; id. G. 28; Suet. Caes. 55; id. Calig. 9; id. Galb. 2; Vulg. Lev. 13, 43.—
    (β).
    dubio = dubie, App. M. 9, 2.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > dubius

  • 94 сомнительный

    1. disputable
    2. queer
    3. open to question

    сомнительный; спорный — open to question

    4. backhanded
    5. dubious
    6. questionable
    7. questionably
    8. doubtful; dubious

    сомнительный титул, небесспорный титул — doubtful title

    9. ambiguous
    10. equivocal
    11. shady

    Русско-английский большой базовый словарь > сомнительный

  • 95 dubieus

    1 [twijfelachtig] dubious ⇒ doubtful
    2 [onbetrouwbaar] dubious ⇒ questionable
    ♦voorbeelden:
    1   een dubieus geval • a dubious case
    2   dubieuze debiteuren • questionable debtors/lenders

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  • 96 twijfelachtig

    1 [onzeker] doubtful
    2 [dubieus] dubious
    3 [zwak] uncertain
    ♦voorbeelden:
    1   een twijfelachtig geval • a dubious case
    2   de twijfelachtige eer hebben om … • have the dubious honour of (doing something)

    Van Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > twijfelachtig

  • 97 فيه شك

    فيه شكّ \ dubious: having or causing doubt; uncertain; undecided: I’m dubious about the cost of this plan. The plan is rather dubious.

    Arabic-English dictionary > فيه شك

  • 98 деньги сомнительного происхождения

    1) General subject: money of dubious provenance

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > деньги сомнительного происхождения

  • 99 сомневающийся в (чьей-л.) честности

    General subject: dubious about (smb.'s) honesty, dubious of (smb.'s) honesty

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > сомневающийся в (чьей-л.) честности

  • 100 Д-394

    С ДУШКОМ coll PrepP Invar subj-compl with copula or nonagreeing modif)
    1. ( subj: a noun denoting food) not fresh, decaying
    X с душком - X is going bad
    X is spoiling X smells bad (like itfc going bad).
    Выброси эту рыбу, она с душком. Throw out this fish-it's going bad.
    2. с (каким) душком disapprov (subj: human, collect, or abstr
    while in Russian the modif ier may be only implied, the English equivalent in most cases will specify it) (used to show that the speaker thinks the views of some person or group, the direction taken by a newspaper, some theory etc has a tendency to be ethically, politically etc wrong in the Soviet context was also used to show that some phenomenon contradicted official ideology) sth. is undesirable, harmful, marked by some unacceptable (as implied or specified by the context) tendency
    X с (нехорошим) душком - X has a nasty smell to it
    X с либеральным (консервативным, антисемитским ит.п.) душком = X is tainted by liberalism (conservatism, anti-Semitism etc)
    X с сомнительным душком - X has a dubious (doubtful) air (about it (him etc)).
    ...Преуменьшать значения молитвы... нельзя. Далеко зашел старик. С душком, с нехорошим душком молитва (Абрамов 1)....The importance of the prayer could not be underestimated. The old man had gone too far. It had a nasty smell to it, that prayer (1a).
    ...Он (отставной активист) высказался в том духе, что... квартира в жилтоваришестве советских фотографов превратилась в пристанище для сборищ с определённой подкладкой, с сомнительным душком (Аксенов 12)....The retired activist expressed himself to the effect that...an apartment in a housing community for Soviet photographers has been "turned into a haven for gatherings of a certain element, with a dubious air" (12a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > Д-394

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