tergiversatio
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From tergiversor (“tergiversate, turn one's back, avoid”) + -tiō (“-tion: forming abstract nouns”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ter.ɡi.u̯erˈsaː.ti.oː/, [t̪ɛrɡiu̯ɛrˈs̠äːt̪ioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ter.d͡ʒi.verˈsat.t͡si.o/, [t̪erd͡ʒiverˈsät̪ː͡s̪io]
Noun
[edit]tergiversātiō f (genitive tergiversātiōnis); third declension
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | tergiversātiō | tergiversātiōnēs |
| genitive | tergiversātiōnis | tergiversātiōnum |
| dative | tergiversātiōnī | tergiversātiōnibus |
| accusative | tergiversātiōnem | tergiversātiōnēs |
| ablative | tergiversātiōne | tergiversātiōnibus |
| vocative | tergiversātiō | tergiversātiōnēs |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- English: tergiversation
- French: tergiversation
References
[edit]- “tergiversatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “tergiversatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- tergiversatio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- tergiversatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “tergiversatio”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers