tergiversanter

Latin

Etymology

Adverb of tergiversāns

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ter.ɡi.u̯erˈsan.ter/, [t̪ɛrɡiu̯ɛrˈs̠än̪t̪ɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ter.d͡ʒi.verˈsan.ter/, [t̪erd͡ʒiverˈsän̪t̪er]

Adverb

tergiversanter (not comparable)

1. (hapax) with evasions, reluctantly

References

• tergiversanter in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• tergiversanter in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
• “tergiversanter”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press