tergiversatorius
Latin
Etymology
From tergiversātor (“tergiversator, avoider, delayer”) + -ius (“-y: forming adjectives”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [tɛr.ɡɪ.wɛr.saːˈtoː.ri.ʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [t̪er.d͡ʒi.ver.saˈt̪ɔː.ri.us]
Adjective
tergiversātōrius (feminine tergiversātōria, neuter tergiversātōrium); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
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.