tergiversanter
Latin
Etymology
Adverb of tergiversāns
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [tɛr.ɡɪ.wɛrˈsan.tɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [t̪er.d͡ʒi.verˈsan̪.t̪er]
Adverb
tergiversanter (not comparable)
- (hapax legomenon) 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