English → Latin
“indecision” in Latin
dubitātiōdoubt, uncertainty; wavering, hesitation; questioninghaesitātiōhesitation, hesitating; stammering; irresolution, perplexity, embarrassmentincōnstānschangeable; inconstant; inconsistent; fickle; capricious
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
indecision
dubitatio: haesitatio (doubt, etc., with reference to a particular case, about which anybody cannot determine how to act): inconstantia (want of firmness as manifested by unsteadiness of plans, etc.): (*crebra) mutatio consilii (change of purpose, Cic.): crebra sententiarum commutatio (frequent change of opinion, Cic., Dom., 2): inopia consilii (the being at a loss what to do): animus parum firmus, or varius incertusque (as a person’s character). Slowness and indecision, dubitatio et morae (e.g., senati, Sall.): a person of great indecision of character, homo parum firmus proposiio (after Velleius, 2, 63, fin.): all my former indecision, quicquid incerti mihi in ammo fuit (Plaut.): to be in a state of indecision, pendere animi (or animo); aestuare dubitatione; dubius est aliquis, quid faciat; affici inopia consilii: anybody remained for a long time in a state of indecision, diu incertum habuit aliquis, quidnam consilii caperet (Sall.); diu haesitavit aliquis, quid facere deberet.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for indecision?
- The usual Latin words for “indecision” are dubitātiō, haesitātiō, incōnstāns. 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.