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vacillating in mind

  • 1 רפף

    רָפַף(b. h. רוֹפֵף; cmp. רָפָא, רָפָה) to be loose, to vibrate, vacillate. Lev. R. s. 14, end לחלב שנתון … הולך ורוֹפֵף like milk put into a dish, when you put mso (מסוֹ) into it, it curdles and stands; if not, it will constantly vibrate; Yalk. Job 905 ומְרַפְרֵף; Gen. R. s. 14 החלב רופף; Yalk. Lev. 547; Gen. R. s. 4, end הוא מרפף (prob. to be read: מְרוֹפֵף). Tosef.Ḥull.II, 12 הרוֹפֶפֶת בעיניה an animal that trembles (blinks) with its eyes (when being slaughtered); Ḥull.38b, v. infra.Y.Erub.X, beg.26a מקום שמוחו של התינוק רופף, v. רָפַס. Ib. ראה ראשו של תינוק רופףוכ׳ a cock saw the soft spot on an infants head and picked at it. Tosef.Zab.IV, 1 ששני ראשיה … אמצעיתה רוֹפֶפֶת the two ends of which reach to the ground, and the central part rocks (is unsupported). Y.Maas. Sh. V, 56b top כל הלכה היא רופפתוכ׳ if the application of a law is vacillating in the courts, and you do not know what its nature is, see how the people do ; Y.Peah VII, 20c top. Y.M. Kat. III, 83c כל שבעה … היא רופפתוכ׳ during the seven days (of mourning in the family) the sword is drawn, up to thirty days it is held loosely (v. רָפֶה), after twelve months it is returned to its sheath; Gen. R. s. 100 מִתְרַפְרֶפֶת; a. e.Erub.54a שרַף על הצואר (Rashi לצואר, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 300), v. עֲנָק II. Polel רוֹפֵף same. Y.M. Kat. III, 81d top והיו עמודי … מְרוֹפְּפִים and the columns of the meeting house shook. Gen. R. s. 4, v. supra. Pilpel רִפְרֵף 1) to move, shake. Ḥull.38b אפי׳ לאר׳ אלא גפו (Ms. R. 1, 2 בגפו) even if the bird only flaps a wing (Var. in Ar. בעינו blinks with its eye, v. supra). Gen. R. s. 2 (ref. to Gen. 1:2) כעוף הזה שהוא מְרַפְרֵףוכ׳ like a bird that flaps its wings (over its brood), and its wings touch and yet do not touch (v. רִיחוּף). 2) to flutter, be vacillating in mind. Ib. s. 20 לפי שרִפְרְפָה … קרבן מְרוּפְרָף because she (at the time of travailing) wavered in her heart (lost faith; ‘Rashi: made a half-hearted vow never to have marital intercourse again), therefore she must bring a fluttering sacrifice (a bird). Hithpalp. הִתְרַפְרֵף to be loose. Tosef.Makhsh.III, 8 מפני שהיא מִתְרַפְרֶפֶתוכ׳ because it (the bunch) may be loosened, and he will tie it again. Gen. R. s. 100, v. supra.

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  • 2 רָפַף

    רָפַף(b. h. רוֹפֵף; cmp. רָפָא, רָפָה) to be loose, to vibrate, vacillate. Lev. R. s. 14, end לחלב שנתון … הולך ורוֹפֵף like milk put into a dish, when you put mso (מסוֹ) into it, it curdles and stands; if not, it will constantly vibrate; Yalk. Job 905 ומְרַפְרֵף; Gen. R. s. 14 החלב רופף; Yalk. Lev. 547; Gen. R. s. 4, end הוא מרפף (prob. to be read: מְרוֹפֵף). Tosef.Ḥull.II, 12 הרוֹפֶפֶת בעיניה an animal that trembles (blinks) with its eyes (when being slaughtered); Ḥull.38b, v. infra.Y.Erub.X, beg.26a מקום שמוחו של התינוק רופף, v. רָפַס. Ib. ראה ראשו של תינוק רופףוכ׳ a cock saw the soft spot on an infants head and picked at it. Tosef.Zab.IV, 1 ששני ראשיה … אמצעיתה רוֹפֶפֶת the two ends of which reach to the ground, and the central part rocks (is unsupported). Y.Maas. Sh. V, 56b top כל הלכה היא רופפתוכ׳ if the application of a law is vacillating in the courts, and you do not know what its nature is, see how the people do ; Y.Peah VII, 20c top. Y.M. Kat. III, 83c כל שבעה … היא רופפתוכ׳ during the seven days (of mourning in the family) the sword is drawn, up to thirty days it is held loosely (v. רָפֶה), after twelve months it is returned to its sheath; Gen. R. s. 100 מִתְרַפְרֶפֶת; a. e.Erub.54a שרַף על הצואר (Rashi לצואר, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 300), v. עֲנָק II. Polel רוֹפֵף same. Y.M. Kat. III, 81d top והיו עמודי … מְרוֹפְּפִים and the columns of the meeting house shook. Gen. R. s. 4, v. supra. Pilpel רִפְרֵף 1) to move, shake. Ḥull.38b אפי׳ לאר׳ אלא גפו (Ms. R. 1, 2 בגפו) even if the bird only flaps a wing (Var. in Ar. בעינו blinks with its eye, v. supra). Gen. R. s. 2 (ref. to Gen. 1:2) כעוף הזה שהוא מְרַפְרֵףוכ׳ like a bird that flaps its wings (over its brood), and its wings touch and yet do not touch (v. רִיחוּף). 2) to flutter, be vacillating in mind. Ib. s. 20 לפי שרִפְרְפָה … קרבן מְרוּפְרָף because she (at the time of travailing) wavered in her heart (lost faith; ‘Rashi: made a half-hearted vow never to have marital intercourse again), therefore she must bring a fluttering sacrifice (a bird). Hithpalp. הִתְרַפְרֵף to be loose. Tosef.Makhsh.III, 8 מפני שהיא מִתְרַפְרֶפֶתוכ׳ because it (the bunch) may be loosened, and he will tie it again. Gen. R. s. 100, v. supra.

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  • 3 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.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > dubio

  • 4 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.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > dubium

  • 5 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

  • 6 paz

    intj.
    peace, quiet.
    f.
    1 peace.
    dejar a alguien en paz to leave somebody alone o in peace
    estar o quedar en paz to be quits
    firmar la paz to sign a peace treaty
    hacer las paces to make (it) up
    poner paz entre to reconcile, to make peace between
    que en paz descanse may he/she rest in peace
    y en paz and that's that
    paz interior inner peace
    2 Paz.
    * * *
    1 peace
    \
    aquí paz y después gloria and there's an end to it, and that's that
    dejar en paz to leave alone
    estar en paz to be even, be quits
    firmar la paz to sign a peace treaty
    hacer las paces to make up
    poner paz to make peace
    que en paz descanse rest his (her) soul
    y en paz familiar and that's it
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) [gen] peace; (=tranquilidad) peace and quiet, tranquillity, tranquility (EEUU)

    ¡a la paz de Dios! — God be with you!

    en paz y en guerra — in peace and war, in peacetime and wartime

    dejar a algn en paz — to leave sb alone, leave sb in peace

    ¡déjame en paz! — leave me alone!

    su madre, que en paz descanse — her mother, God rest her soul

    estar en paz — [gen] to be at peace; (fig) to be even, be quits ( con with)

    Méx ** to be high **

    ¡haya paz! — stop it!, that's enough!

    2) (=tratado) peace, peace treaty

    hacer las paces — [gen] to make peace; (fig) to make (it) up

    3) (Rel) kiss of peace, sign of peace
    * * *
    a) (Mil, Pol) peace

    estar or quedar en paz — (fam) to be quits o even (colloq)

    hacer las paces — to make (it) up

    y en paz — (fam)

    si no lo quieres me lo dices y en paz — if you don't want it, just tell me and that'll be an end to it

    b) ( calma) peace

    descanse en paz — (frml) rest in peace (frml)

    tu abuelo, que en paz descanse... — your grandfather, God rest his soul...

    * * *
    = peace, olive branch, tranquillity [tranquility, -USA].
    Ex. US libraries and librarians played a notable role, behind the scenes, in the preparations for peace toward the end of World War I.
    Ex. During these two crucial years in American history the colonists, after vacillating between the olive branch and the sword, finally abandoned hope of reconciliation with Great Britain.
    Ex. There are only a few really large areas of tranquillity left in England and we must all work together to protect them.
    ----
    * acuerdo de paz = peace agreement.
    * alterar la paz = disrupt + peace.
    * bandera de paz = white flag.
    * conversaciones de paz = peace talks.
    * Cuerpo de Paz, el = Peace Corps.
    * defensor de la paz = peace activist.
    * dejarlo en paz = give + it a rest, let + it drop.
    * enarbolar la bandera de paz = raise + the white flag.
    * en época de paz = in peacetime, during peacetime.
    * en épocas de paz = in time(s) of peace.
    * en la paz = in peace.
    * en son de paz = peacefully.
    * en tiempos de paz = in peacetime, during peacetime, in peace, in time(s) of peace.
    * época de paz = peacetime [peace time].
    * estar en paz = pay + Posesivo + dues.
    * estudios de la paz y los conflictos = peace and conflict studies.
    * estudios sobre paz y conflictos = peace and conflict studies.
    * fuerzas de paz = peacekeeping forces.
    * fuerzas encargadas del mantenimiento de la paz = peacekeeping forces.
    * fumar la pipa de la paz = smoke + the peace pipe, smoke + the pipe of peace.
    * hacer la paz = make + (the) peace.
    * hacer las paces = heal + the breach, heal + the rift, bury + the hatchet, make + (the) peace, smoke + the peace pipe, smoke + the pipe of peace, bury + the tomahawk, bury + the war axe.
    * juez de paz = justice of the peace.
    * llama de la paz = flame of peace.
    * mantenedor de la paz = peacekeeper.
    * mantenimiento de la paz = peacekeeping [peace-keeping].
    * militante de la paz = peace activist.
    * negociaciones de paz = peace negotiations, peace talks.
    * ofrecer una rama de olivo para hacer las paces = offer + an olive branch.
    * ofrenda de paz = peace offering, olive branch.
    * ofrenda en señal de paz = peace offering.
    * para hacer las paces = peace offering.
    * paz de espíritu = peace of mind.
    * paz interior = peace of mind, inner peace.
    * paz mundial = world peace.
    * perturbar la paz = disturb + the peace, disrupt + peace.
    * perturbar la paz y la tranquilidad = disturb + the peace and tranquillity.
    * pipa de la paz = peace pipe, pipe of peace, calumet.
    * Premio Nobel de la Paz = Nobel Peace Laureate.
    * proceso de paz = peace process.
    * tiempos de paz = peacetime [peace time].
    * tratado de paz = peace treaty.
    * venir en son de paz = come in + peace.
    * vivir en paz = live in + peace.
    * * *
    a) (Mil, Pol) peace

    estar or quedar en paz — (fam) to be quits o even (colloq)

    hacer las paces — to make (it) up

    y en paz — (fam)

    si no lo quieres me lo dices y en paz — if you don't want it, just tell me and that'll be an end to it

    b) ( calma) peace

    descanse en paz — (frml) rest in peace (frml)

    tu abuelo, que en paz descanse... — your grandfather, God rest his soul...

    * * *
    = peace, olive branch, tranquillity [tranquility, -USA].

    Ex: US libraries and librarians played a notable role, behind the scenes, in the preparations for peace toward the end of World War I.

    Ex: During these two crucial years in American history the colonists, after vacillating between the olive branch and the sword, finally abandoned hope of reconciliation with Great Britain.
    Ex: There are only a few really large areas of tranquillity left in England and we must all work together to protect them.
    * acuerdo de paz = peace agreement.
    * alterar la paz = disrupt + peace.
    * bandera de paz = white flag.
    * conversaciones de paz = peace talks.
    * Cuerpo de Paz, el = Peace Corps.
    * defensor de la paz = peace activist.
    * dejarlo en paz = give + it a rest, let + it drop.
    * enarbolar la bandera de paz = raise + the white flag.
    * en época de paz = in peacetime, during peacetime.
    * en épocas de paz = in time(s) of peace.
    * en la paz = in peace.
    * en son de paz = peacefully.
    * en tiempos de paz = in peacetime, during peacetime, in peace, in time(s) of peace.
    * época de paz = peacetime [peace time].
    * estar en paz = pay + Posesivo + dues.
    * estudios de la paz y los conflictos = peace and conflict studies.
    * estudios sobre paz y conflictos = peace and conflict studies.
    * fuerzas de paz = peacekeeping forces.
    * fuerzas encargadas del mantenimiento de la paz = peacekeeping forces.
    * fumar la pipa de la paz = smoke + the peace pipe, smoke + the pipe of peace.
    * hacer la paz = make + (the) peace.
    * hacer las paces = heal + the breach, heal + the rift, bury + the hatchet, make + (the) peace, smoke + the peace pipe, smoke + the pipe of peace, bury + the tomahawk, bury + the war axe.
    * juez de paz = justice of the peace.
    * llama de la paz = flame of peace.
    * mantenedor de la paz = peacekeeper.
    * mantenimiento de la paz = peacekeeping [peace-keeping].
    * militante de la paz = peace activist.
    * negociaciones de paz = peace negotiations, peace talks.
    * ofrecer una rama de olivo para hacer las paces = offer + an olive branch.
    * ofrenda de paz = peace offering, olive branch.
    * ofrenda en señal de paz = peace offering.
    * para hacer las paces = peace offering.
    * paz de espíritu = peace of mind.
    * paz interior = peace of mind, inner peace.
    * paz mundial = world peace.
    * perturbar la paz = disturb + the peace, disrupt + peace.
    * perturbar la paz y la tranquilidad = disturb + the peace and tranquillity.
    * pipa de la paz = peace pipe, pipe of peace, calumet.
    * Premio Nobel de la Paz = Nobel Peace Laureate.
    * proceso de paz = peace process.
    * tiempos de paz = peacetime [peace time].
    * tratado de paz = peace treaty.
    * venir en son de paz = come in + peace.
    * vivir en paz = live in + peace.

    * * *
    1 ( Mil, Pol) peace
    firmar la paz to sign a peace agreement o treaty
    en épocas de paz in peacetime
    estar or quedar en paz ( fam); to be quits o even ( colloq)
    hacer las paces to make it up, make up
    poner paz to make peace
    y en paz ( fam): si no tienes las seis libras dame cinco y en paz if you haven't got six pounds, give me five and we'll call it quits ( colloq)
    si no lo quieres hacer me lo dices y en paz if you don't want to do it, just tell me and that'll be an end to it
    nos dijeron en dos palabras cómo había que hacerlo y en paz they explained very briefly how to do it and that was that
    2 (calma) peace
    en busca de paz y tranquilidad in search of peace and tranquillity
    el marido no la deja vivir en paz her husband doesn't give her a moment's peace
    ¡deja en paz el reloj/al gato! leave the clock/the cat alone!
    ¡déjame en paz! leave me alone!
    déjala en paz, está estudiando leave her alone o leave her in peace, she's studying
    vivir en paz consigo mismo to be at peace with oneself
    descanse en paz ( frml); rest in peace ( frml)
    tu abuelo, que en paz descanse, se horrorizaría your grandfather, God rest his soul, would be horrified
    * * *

     

    paz sustantivo femenino
    a) (Mil, Pol) peace;

    ◊ firmar la paz to sign a peace agreement o treaty;

    en época de paz in peacetime;
    hacer las paces to make (it) up
    b) ( calma) peace;


    dejar algo/a algn en paz to leave sth/sb alone;
    descanse en paz (frml) rest in peace (frml)
    paz sustantivo femenino
    1 (concordia) peace
    2 (tranquilidad, apacibilidad) peacefulness: en este lugar hay mucha paz, this place is very peaceful
    ♦ Locuciones: ¡déjame en paz!, leave me alone!
    familiar con estas mil pesetas estamos en paz, if I give you these thousand pesetas we're quits
    ' paz' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    ávida
    - ávido
    - calma
    - dejar
    - descansar
    - dinamitar
    - fiesta
    - iniciar
    - juez
    - Nobel
    - oasis
    - paloma
    - QEPD
    - remanso
    - representar
    - restauración
    - son
    - turbarse
    - acuerdo
    - alteración
    - alterar
    - andar
    - ansia
    - contigo
    - gestión
    - luchar
    - paceño
    - pactar
    - reinar
    - respirar
    - restablecimiento
    - señor
    - tratado
    - vivir
    - volver
    English:
    disturb
    - dove
    - finally
    - lay off
    - leave
    - let
    - linchpin
    - offer
    - pacify
    - peace
    - peacekeeping
    - price
    - process
    - prospect
    - quiet
    - R.I.P.
    - registrar
    - repose
    - repudiate
    - rest
    - seek
    - seminar
    - talk
    - tranquillity
    - umpteenth
    - uneasy
    - what
    - alone
    - at
    - justice
    - peaceful
    - quits
    - registry
    - tranquility
    * * *
    paz nf
    1. [ausencia de guerra] peace;
    mantener la paz to keep the peace;
    poner paz entre to reconcile, to make peace between;
    y en paz and that's that;
    estar o [m5] quedar en paz to be quits;
    …y aquí paz y después gloria …and let that be an end to it
    2. [tranquilidad] peacefulness;
    dejar a alguien en paz to leave sb alone o in peace;
    que en paz descanse, que descanse en paz may he/she rest in peace
    3. [acuerdo, convenio] peace treaty;
    la Paz de Aquisgrán the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle;
    firmar la paz to sign a peace treaty;
    hacer las paces to make (it) up
    4. Rel pax;
    dar la paz to make the sign of peace
    * * *
    f peace;
    amante de la paz peace-loving;
    dejar en paz leave alone;
    hacer las paces make it up, make things up;
    quedar en paz fam be quits;
    ¡y en paz! fam and that’s that!
    * * *
    paz nf, pl paces
    1) : peace
    2)
    dejar en paz : to leave alone
    3)
    hacer las paces : to make up, to reconcile
    * * *
    paz n peace

    Spanish-English dictionary > paz

  • 7 колебая се

    1. (проявявам нерешителност) hesitate; waver; vacillate; be in two minds; be irresolute/undecided
    не се колебая be resolute; know o.'s mind
    започваме да се колебаем we are beginning to have second thoughts
    2. (за различни величини) fluctuate, vary, change
    курсът се колебае the rate of exchange is fluctuating/unsteady/floating
    3. физ. oscillate, vibrate; swing
    стрелката се колебае the pointer is vacillating
    * * *
    колеба̀я се,
    възвр. гл., мин. св. деят. прич. колеба̀л се 1. ( проявявам нерешителност) hesitate; waver; vacillate; be in two minds; be irresolute/undecided; falter; започваме да се колебаем we are beginning to have second thoughts; не се колебая be resolute; know o.’s mind; разг. make no bones about;
    2. (за различни величини) fluctuate, vary, change; курсът се колебае the rate of exchange is fluctuating/unsteady/floating;
    3. физ. oscillate, vibrate; swing; стрелката се колебае the pointer is vacillating.
    * * *
    boggle; chop; demur; dilly-dally; dither; dubitate; halt{`hO;l}; hesitate: He колебая сеs at nothing. - Пред нищо не се колебае.; hover; oscillate; pendulate; sway; to be in two minds; vacillate: The pointer is колебая сеing. - Стрелката се колебае.; veer (прен.); vibrate

    Български-английски речник > колебая се

  • 8 schwankend

    I Part. Präs. schwanken
    II Adj. fig. (unentschlossen) undecided, irresolute, wavering; (unbeständig) unsteady, unstable (auch WIRTS.); Charakter: unstable personality
    III Adv.: schwankend über die Straße gehen / auf jemanden zukommen totter ( oder stagger) across the street / up to s.o.
    * * *
    variable; unstable; firmless; shaky; unsteady; wobbly
    * * *
    schwạn|kend
    adj
    1) (= wankend, sich wiegend) swaying; Schiff (auf und ab) pitching; (seitwärts) rolling; (= bebend) shaking, rocking
    2) Mensch staggering; Gang rolling; Schritt unsteady
    3) Preise, Temperatur, Stimmung etc fluctuating esp attr; Gebrauch varying; Kompassnadel etc oscillating
    4) (= unschlüssig) uncertain, wavering attr; (= zögernd) hesitant; (= unbeständig) vacillating, unsteady

    schwankend werden —

    * * *
    (anxious or restless: in an unsettled mood.) unsettled
    * * *
    schwan·kend
    2. (schaukelnd) Boot rocking; (heftiger) rolling
    3. (bebend) Boden shaking
    auf \schwankendem Boden stehen to be on shaky ground
    4. (unstet) Charakter wavering, vacillating; (zögernd) hesitant
    \schwankend werden to [begin to] waver
    er ist immer sehr \schwankend in seinen Entschlüssen he can never make up his mind
    5. (wankend) staggering; Schritte unsteady, wavering; Gang rolling
    mit \schwankenden Schritten with wavering steps
    6. (veränderlich) Kurs, Preis, Zahl fluctuating, variable, floating; Gesundheit unstable; Stimme wavering
    7. PHYS transient
    \schwankende Werte transient values
    * * *
    A. ppr → schwanken
    B. adj fig (unentschlossen) undecided, irresolute, wavering; (unbeständig) unsteady, unstable ( auch WIRTSCH); Charakter: unstable personality
    C. adv:
    schwankend über die Straße gehen/auf jemanden zukommen totter ( oder stagger) across the street/up to sb
    * * *
    adj.
    fickle adj.
    fluctuating adj.
    staggering adj.
    swaying adj.
    vacillating adj. adv.
    shakily adv.
    staggeringly adv.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > schwankend

  • 9 wankelmütig

    Adj. fickle
    * * *
    changeable; inconstant; fickle; mutable
    * * *
    wạn|kel|mü|tig ['vaŋklmyːtɪç]
    adj
    fickle, inconstant
    * * *
    (always changing (one's mind, likes and dislikes etc): I think that they are fickle.) fickle
    * * *
    wan·kel·mü·tig
    [ˈvaŋkl̩my:tɪç]
    adj (geh) inconsistent
    * * *
    Adjektiv (geh.) vacillating
    * * *
    wankelmütig adj fickle
    * * *
    Adjektiv (geh.) vacillating
    * * *
    adj.
    fickle adj.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > wankelmütig

  • 10 སེམས་མི་གནས་པ་

    [sems mi gnas pa]
    vacillating mind, unsteady mind, fickle-minded

    Tibetan-English dictionary > སེམས་མི་གནས་པ་

  • 11 aestus

    aestus, ūs (archaic gen. aesti, Pac. 97 Rib.; rare form of nom. plur. aestuus). m. [kind. with aestas and Gr. aithô; v. aestas], an undulating, boiling, waving, tossing; a waving, heaving, billowy motion.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    Of fire; hence, in gen., fire, glow, heat (orig. in relation to its flashing up; while fervor denotes a glowing, ardor a burning, and calor a warming heat; yet it was early used for warming heat;

    v. the following example): nam fretus ipse anni permiscet frigus et aestum,

    heat and cold are blended, Lucr. 6, 364 (for which calor, id. 6, 368, 371 al.):

    multa aestu victa per agros,

    id. 5, 1104:

    exsuperant flammae, furit aestus ad auras,

    Verg. A. 2, 759:

    caniculae,

    Hor. C. 1, 17, 18; so id. Ep. 1, 8, 5:

    labore et aestu languidus,

    Sall. J. 51.—In plur.:

    neque frigora neque aestus facile tolerabat,

    Suet. Aug. 81.—So of midday heat:

    aestibus at mediis umbrosam exquirere vallem,

    Verg. G. 3, 331 (cf. Cic. Ac. 2, 22: ille cum aestuaret, umbram secutus est).—And of the heat of disease (of [p. 63] wounds, fever, inflammation, etc.): ulceris aestus, Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 7, 19:

    homines aegri cum aestu febrique jactantur,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 13.—
    B.
    The undulating, heaving motion of the sea, the swell, surge: fervet aestu pelagus, Pac. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 39; hence, meton. for the sea in agitation, waves, billows:

    delphines aestum secabant,

    Verg. A. 8, 674:

    furit aestus harenis,

    id. ib. 1, 107:

    aestus totos campos inundaverant,

    Curt. 9, 9, 18.—In Verg. once of the boiling up of water in a vessel: exsultant aestu latices, Aen. 7, 464.—
    C.
    Esp., the periodical flux and reflux or ebb and flow of the sea, the tide (cf. Varr. L. L. 9, 19; Mel. 3, 1:

    aestus maris accedere et reciprocare maxime mirum, pluribus quidem modis, sed causa in sole lunāque,

    Plin. 2, 97, 99); Plaut. As. 1, 3, 6: quid de fretis aut de marinis aestibus dicam? quorum accessus et recessus ( flow and ebb) lunae motu gubernantur, Cic. Div. 2, 14 fin.:

    crescens,

    Plin. 2, 100, 97, § 219:

    decedens,

    id. ib.:

    recedens,

    id. 2, 98, 101, § 220: secundus, in our favor, Sall. Fragm. ap. Gell. 10, 26, 2: adversus, against us, id. ap. Non. 138, 8.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    The passionate ferment or commotion of the mind, the fire, glow, ardor of any ( even a good) passion (cf. aestuo, II. A.):

    et belli magnos commovit funditus aestus (genus humanum),

    has stirred up from their very bottom the waves of discord, Lucr. 5, 1434:

    civilis belli aestus,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 47 (cf. id. C. 2, 7, 15):

    repente te quasi quidam aestus ingenii tui procul a terrā abripuit atque in altum abstraxit,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 36:

    hunc absorbuit aestus quidam gloriae,

    id. Brut. 81:

    stultorum regum et populorum continet aestus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 8:

    perstet et, ut pelagi, sic pectoris adjuvet aestum,

    the glow of love, Ov. H. 16, 25.—
    B.
    A vacillating, irresolute state of mind, doubt, uncertainty, hesitation, trouble, embarrassment, anxiely:

    qui tibi aestus, qui error, quae tenebrae,

    Cic. Div. in Caecin. 14:

    vario fluctuat aestu,

    Verg. A. 12, 486:

    amor magno irarum fluctuat aestu,

    id. ib. 4, 532; cf. id. ib. 8, 19:

    aestus curaeque graves,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 110.—
    C.
    In the Epicurean philos. lang. of Lucretius, the undulatory flow or stream of atoms, atomic efflux, as the cause of perception (cf. affluo, I.):

    Perpetuoque fluunt certis ab rebus odores, Frigus ut a fluviis, calor ab sole, aestus ab undis Aequoris, exesor moerorum litora propter, etc.,

    Lucr. 6, 926; and in id. 6, 1002 sq., the magnetic fluid is several times designated by aestus lapidis.

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  • 12 fickle

    adjective
    unberechenbar; launisch
    * * *
    ['fikl]
    (always changing( one's mind, likes and dislikes etc): I think that they are fickle.) wankelmütig
    - academic.ru/27059/fickleness">fickleness
    * * *
    fick·le
    [ˈfɪkl̩]
    adj ( pej)
    1. (vacillating) wankelmütig pej geh; (moody) launisch pej
    \fickle weather unbeständiges [o wechselhaftes] Wetter
    3. (not loyal)
    \fickle lover untreuer Liebhaber
    * * *
    ['fɪkl]
    adj
    unbeständig, launenhaft; person also wankelmütig; weather also wechselhaft
    * * *
    fickle [ˈfıkl] adj launenhaft, launisch, unbeständig (Wetter), (Person auch) wankelmütig
    * * *
    adjective
    unberechenbar; launisch
    * * *
    adj.
    schwankend adj.
    wankelmütig adj.

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  • 13 भङ्गुर _bhaṅgura

    भङ्गुर a. [भञ्ज्-घुरच्]
    1 Apt to break, fragile, brittle.
    -2 Frail, transitory, transient, perishable; आमरणान्ताः प्रणयाः कोपास्तत्क्षणभङ्गुराः; सर्वमुत्पादि भङ्गुरम् H.1. 181; Śi.16.72.
    -3 Changeful, variable.
    -4 Crooked, bent.
    -5 Curved, curled; शशिमुखि तव भाति भङ्गुरभ्रूः Gīt.1.
    -6 Fraudulent, dishonest, crafty.
    -रः The bend of a river.
    -Comp. -निश्चय a. vacillating, un- settled in mind.

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  • 14 колебая

    1. (за различни величини) fluctuate, vary, change 2. 3.физ. oscillate, vibrate;swing 3. започваме да се колебаем we are beginning to have second thoughts 4. курсът се колебае the rate of exchange is fluctuating/unsteady/floating 5. не се КОЛЕБАЯ be resolute;know o.'s mind 6. се (проявявам нерешителност) hesitate;waver;vacillate;be in two minds;be irresolute/undecided 7. стрелката се колебае the pointer is vacillating

    Български-английски речник > колебая

  • 15 schwankend

    schwan·kend adj
    1) ( sich biegend) Baum swaying
    2) ( schaukelnd) Boot rocking; ( heftiger) rolling
    3) ( bebend) Boden shaking;
    auf \schwankendem Boden stehen to be on shaky ground
    4) ( unstet) Charakter vacillating, wavering; ( zögernd) hesitant;
    \schwankend werden to [begin to] waver;
    er ist immer sehr \schwankend in seinen Entscheidungen he can never make up his mind
    5) ( wankend) staggering; Schritte unsteady, wavering; Gang rolling;
    mit \schwankenden Schritten with wavering steps
    6) ( veränderlich) Kurs, Preis, Zahl fluctuating, variable, floating; Gesundheit unstable; Stimme wavering

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch für Studenten > schwankend

  • 16 határozatlan

    (DE) Unbestimmtheit {e}; dahinstehen; entschlußlos; geschwankt; unbestimmt; unschlüssig; verwaschen; zaghaft; halbschlächtig; irresolut; (EN) backhanded; be on the hedge; equivocal; evasive; general; he cannot make up his mind; indecisive; indefinite; indeterminate; infirm; infirm of purpose; invertebrate; irresolute; neutral-tinted; of two minds; pluckless; shilly-shally; shilly-shelly; transcendental; unconfirmed; undecided; undecisive; undetermined; unfirm; unliquidated; unready; unsettled; vacillant; vacillating; vague; weak-kneed; weak-minded; wobbly

    Magyar-német-angol szótár > határozatlan

  • 17 distringo

    di-stringo, nxi, ctum, 3, v. a.
    I.
    To draw asunder, to stretch out (very rarely): radiis rotarum districti pendent, * Verg. A. 6, 616.— Poet.:

    (canum) rabies districta,

    i. e. showing the teeth, Lucr. 5, 1064; cf.:

    acies dentium,

    Amm. 14, 7, 13.—Far more freq., esp. since the Aug. per. (not in Caesar, and in Cicero only as P. a.),
    II.
    (Like distineo, II.) To detain a person anywhere, to hinder, to occupy, engage:

    Romanum a tergo,

    Flor. 2, 13, 1:

    urbem (i. e. Romanos) incendiis,

    id. 4, 1, 2:

    distringit quem multarum rerum varietas,

    Phaedr. 4, 26, 3; cf. Plin. 18, 26, 65, § 239:

    distringor officio,

    id. Ep. 1, 10, 9; cf. id. ib. 7, 15, 1; Quint. 12, 1, 5:

    (Jovem) votis,

    to molest, importune, Plin. Pan. 94, 2.—Esp. as milit. t. t., to make a diversion against an enemy, to distract the attention of:

    Hannibalem mittendum in Africam esse ad distringendos Romanos,

    Liv. 35, 18 fin.:

    copias regias populatione maritimae orae,

    id. 44, 35; cf.:

    Scipionem oppugnatione plurium oppidorum,

    Front. Strat. 1, 3, 5.—
    2.
    To puzzle, confound:

    ut distrinxi hominem,

    Plaut. Truc. 5, 1, 65 (Spengel, destrinxi).—
    B.
    Transf., of abstract objects:

    ut discordiam moveret, qua consensus Romanorum distringeretur,

    would be hindered, disturbed, Front. Strat. 1, 8, 1 Oud. N. cr. —Hence, districtus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    (Qs. stretched tight, i. e.) Strict, severe (post-Aug.):

    districtior accusator,

    Tac. A. 4, 36 fin.:

    feneratrix (opp. amica obsequens),

    Val. Max. 8, 2, 2:

    censura,

    id. 2, 9, 6:

    districtissimi defensores,

    Cod. Just. 1, 55, 6.—
    B.
    Divided in mind, at strife with one's self; hence, hesitating, vacillating:

    districtus mihi videris esse, quod et bonus civis et bonus amicus es,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 15, 3.—
    C.
    More freq. and class., occupied, engaged, busy:

    judicio districtus atque obligatus,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 9; cf.

    (vinculo mortali) alii alligati sunt, alii astricti, alii districti quoque,

    Sen. Vit. Beat. 16 fin.:

    ancipiti contentione,

    Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 4, 9:

    labore vita districta,

    id. de Or. 3, 2, 7; Quint. Ep. ad Tryph. 1; * Hor. S. 2, 8, 68; Nep. Hann. 13, 2; cf.:

    imperium circa mala sua,

    Flor. 4, 12, 1; and in the comp.:

    numquam me a causis et judiciis districtiorem fuisse,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 16.— Adv. acc. to A., strictly, severely.
    (α).
    districte ( des-):

    minatus,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 21, 4:

    deneganda,

    Dig. 3, 3, 13.—
    (β).
    districtim:

    innocens,

    Sen. Contr. 7.—
    b.
    Comp.:

    districtius: repercutere,

    Tert. Idol. 5:

    vivere,

    Hier. Ep. 22, no. 11.— Sup., Cassiod. Var. 9, 18.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > distringo

  • 18 vagus

    văgus, a, um, adj. [root vagh-; Sanscr. vāhas; Gr. ochos, wagon; cf. veho], strolling about, rambling, roving, roaming, wandering, [p. 1953] unfixed, unsettled, vagrant (freq. and class.; syn. errabundus).
    I.
    Lit.:

    cum vagus et exsul erraret,

    Cic. Clu. 62, 175:

    itaque vagus esse cogitabam,

    id. Att. 7, 11, 5:

    dum existimabam vagos nos fore,

    id. ib. 7, 26, 3:

    Gaetuli vagi, palantes,

    Sall. J. 18, 2; cf. id. ib. 19, 5:

    multitudo dispersa atque vaga,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 25, 40 (from Aug. Ep. 138, 10):

    quae circum vicinos vaga es,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 14:

    navita,

    Tib. 1, 3, 39:

    mercator,

    Hor. A. P. 117:

    Hercules,

    id. C. 3, 3, 9:

    scurra,

    id. Ep. 1, 15, 28:

    tibicen,

    id. A. P. 215:

    pecus,

    id. C. 3, 13, 12:

    aves,

    id. ib. 4, 4, 2:

    cornix,

    id. ib. 3, 27, 16:

    pisces,

    id. S. 2, 4, 77:

    vagi per silvas ritu ferarum,

    Quint. 8, 3, 81; cf.

    also: saepe vagos extra limina ferte pedes,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 418:

    refringit virgulta pede vago,

    Cat. 63, 84:

    ne bestiae quidem... facile patiuntur sese contineri motusque solutos et vagos a naturā sibi tributos requirunt,

    unrestrained, Cic. Fin. 5, 20, 56:

    peregrinationes,

    Sen. Tranq. 2, 13:

    errores,

    Ov. M. 4, 502:

    gressus,

    Mart. 2, 57, 1.—Of inanim. things:

    quae (sidera) autem vaga et mutabili erratione labuntur,

    Cic. Univ. 10; cf.:

    quae (stellae) errantes et quasi vagae nominarentur,

    id. Rep. 1, 14, 22:

    Aurorā exoriente vagi sub limina Solis,

    Cat. 64, 271:

    luna,

    Hor. S. 1, 8, 21:

    aequora,

    Tib. 2, 6, 3:

    flumina,

    Hor. C. 1, 34, 9:

    Tiberis,

    id. ib. 1, 2, 18:

    venti,

    id. ib. 3, 29, 24:

    fulmina,

    Ov. M. 1, 596:

    flamma,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 73:

    crines,

    Ov. M. 2, 673:

    harena,

    flying, light, Hor. C. 1, 28, 23:

    domus (Scytharum),

    id. ib. 3, 24, 10:

    lumina noctis,

    Stat. Th. 3, 63:

    febres,

    sporadic, Cels. 3, 5:

    fel toto corpore,

    diffusing itself, Plin. 11, 37, 75, § 193.—
    II.
    Trop., wandering, wavering, unsteady, inconstant, doubtful, uncertain, vague:

    (in oratione) solutum quiddam sit nec vagum tamen,

    capricious, Cic. Or. 23, 77:

    genus orationum,

    id. Brut. 31, 119; cf.:

    pars quaestionum vaga et libera et late patens,

    indefinite, vague, id. de Or. 2, 16, 67:

    nomen Ambrosiae et circa alias herbas fluctuatum,

    Plin. 27, 4, 11, § 28:

    de dis immortalibus habere non errantem et vagam, sed stabilem certamque sententiam,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 1, 2:

    vaga volubilisque fortuna,

    id. Mil. 26, 69: vaga popularisque supplicatio, irregular, i. e. celebrated as men chanced to meet, without legal appointment, Liv. 3, 63, 5:

    incertum diu et quasi vagum imperium,

    Suet. Vesp. 1:

    vagus adhuc Domitius,

    i. e. vacillating between the parties, Vell. 2, 76, 2:

    puellae,

    inconstant in love, Prop. 1, 5, 7:

    vagae moderator juventae,

    flighty, giddy, Mart. 2, 90, 1; Stat. S. 4, 6, 2:

    concubitu prohibere vago,

    i. e. promiscuous, Hor. A. P. 398; so Col. 12, 1, 2; Mart. 6, 21, 6.— Poet., with gen.:

    vagus animi,

    wandering in mind, Cat. 63, 4.—adv.: văgē, here and there, far and wide, dispersedly:

    vage effusi per agros palatique, etc.,

    Liv. 26, 39, 22:

    res sparsae et vage disjectae,

    Auct. Her. 4, 2, 3:

    dispergere,

    id. ib. 4, 31, 42:

    dicere,

    Sen. Q. N. 2, 48, 2.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > vagus

  • 19 unschlüssig

    - {doubtful} nghi ngờ, ngờ vực, hồ nghi, đáng nghi, đáng ngờ, không rõ rệt, không chắc chắn, do dự, lưỡng lự, nghi ngại, không biết chắc - {dubious} lờ mờ, mơ hồ, minh bạch, không rõ ràng, không đáng tin cậy, còn hồ nghi - {irresolute} phân vân, thiếu quyết tâm, thiếu quả quyết - {vacillating} lắc lư, chập chờn, dao động - {wavering} rung rinh, rung rung, nao núng, núng thế, lung lay = unschlüssig sein {to balance; to linger; to waver}+ = ich bin mir noch unschlüssig {I can't make up my mind}+

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  • 20 ἐλαφρία

    ἐλαφρία, ας, ἡ (s. ἐλαφρός 3; Aretaeus p. 162, 10; Hesych.) condition of treating a matter frivolously, as by irresponsible change of mind, vacillation, levity τῇ ἐ. χρᾶσθαι be vacillating, fickle 2 Cor 1:17.

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