tergiversatorius

Latin

Etymology

From tergiversātor (“tergiversator, avoider, delayer”) +‎ -ius (“-y: forming adjectives”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ter.ɡi.u̯er.saːˈtoː.ri.us/, [t̪ɛrɡiu̯ɛrs̠äːˈt̪oːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ter.d͡ʒi.ver.saˈto.ri.us/, [t̪erd͡ʒiversäˈt̪ɔːrius]

Adjective

tergiversātōrius (feminine tergiversātōria, neuter tergiversātōrium); first/second-declension adjective

1. tergiversating, evasive, delaying

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	tergiversātōrius	tergiversātōria	tergiversātōrium		tergiversātōriī	tergiversātōriae	tergiversātōria
genitive	tergiversātōriī	tergiversātōriae	tergiversātōriī		tergiversātōriōrum	tergiversātōriārum	tergiversātōriōrum
dative	tergiversātōriō	tergiversātōriae	tergiversātōriō		tergiversātōriīs
accusative	tergiversātōrium	tergiversātōriam	tergiversātōrium		tergiversātōriōs	tergiversātōriās	tergiversātōria
ablative	tergiversātōriō	tergiversātōriā	tergiversātōriō		tergiversātōriīs
vocative	tergiversātōrie	tergiversātōria	tergiversātōrium		tergiversātōriī	tergiversātōriae	tergiversātōria

References

• “tergiversatorius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• tergiversatorius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.