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“demur” in Latin
dubitōto waver (in opinion), be uncertain, doubt, question, be in doubt; to waver (in coming to a decision), hesitate, delay; animuslife, life force, soul, vitality (that life-giving aspect which animates a thing); conscience, intellect, mind, reason, subdubitōto be somewhat doubtful or undecided; to hesitate a littledubitātiōdoubt, uncertainty; wavering, hesitation; questioninghaesitātiōhesitation, hesitating; stammering; irresolution, perplexity, embarrassmentscrūpulusa small, sharp or pointed stone; anxiety; uneasiness; difficulty; doubt; scruplereligiōscrupulousness, conscientious exactness; piety, religious scruple, religious awe, superstition, strict religious observadōto give; to impart, offer, render, present with; to afford, grant
The English word demur itself goes back to Latin moror, through dēmorāre.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
demur
Hesitate, etc., dubitare: dubium esse; in dubio esse (to be undetermined): dubitatione aestuare (to demur so as to be completely unhinged, from not knowing how to make up one’s mind; Vid: Cic., Verr., 2, 30, 74): animo or animi pendere (to demur or remain irresolute): about anything, dubitare de aliqua re (with the accusative, in classical Latin, only if a pronoun is used): to demur a little, subdubitare.
To plead a point of law, etc.; to demur against anybody or anything, alicui or alicui rei exceptione uti; exceptionem opponere; excipere adversus aliquem (Ulp., and Paullus Dig., 44, 1, 2, and 20; African., Dig., 16, 1, 17, §1).
demur s.
Hesitation, dubitatio: haesitatio: scrupulus: religio (a scruple of conscience) [Vid: HESITATION]: there will be no demur on my part, nihil impedio; non repugnabo: without any demur, non dubitanter: nulla interposita dubitatione; sine ulla dubitatione.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for demur?
- The usual Latin words for “demur” are dubitō, animus, subdubitō; also dubitātiō, haesitātiō, scrūpulus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.