vacillo

See also: vacillò and vacil·lo

Italian

Verb

vacillo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of vacillare

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

Unknown.[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

vacillō (present infinitive vacillāre, perfect active vacillāvī, supine vacillātum); first conjugation

  1. to sway to and fro
  2. to stagger, reel, totter
  3. to waver, hesitate
  4. to vacillate

Conjugation

   Conjugation of vacillō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present vacillō vacillās vacillat vacillāmus vacillātis vacillant
imperfect vacillābam vacillābās vacillābat vacillābāmus vacillābātis vacillābant
future vacillābō vacillābis vacillābit vacillābimus vacillābitis vacillābunt
perfect vacillāvī vacillāvistī vacillāvit vacillāvimus vacillāvistis vacillāvērunt,
vacillāvēre
pluperfect vacillāveram vacillāverās vacillāverat vacillāverāmus vacillāverātis vacillāverant
future perfect vacillāverō vacillāveris vacillāverit vacillāverimus vacillāveritis vacillāverint
passive present vacillor vacillāris,
vacillāre 		vacillātur vacillāmur vacillāminī vacillantur
imperfect vacillābar vacillābāris,
vacillābāre 		vacillābātur vacillābāmur vacillābāminī vacillābantur
future vacillābor vacillāberis,
vacillābere 		vacillābitur vacillābimur vacillābiminī vacillābuntur
perfect vacillātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect vacillātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect vacillātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present vacillem vacillēs vacillet vacillēmus vacillētis vacillent
imperfect vacillārem vacillārēs vacillāret vacillārēmus vacillārētis vacillārent
perfect vacillāverim vacillāverīs vacillāverit vacillāverīmus vacillāverītis vacillāverint
pluperfect vacillāvissem vacillāvissēs vacillāvisset vacillāvissēmus vacillāvissētis vacillāvissent
passive present vaciller vacillēris,
vacillēre 		vacillētur vacillēmur vacillēminī vacillentur
imperfect vacillārer vacillārēris,
vacillārēre 		vacillārētur vacillārēmur vacillārēminī vacillārentur
perfect vacillātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect vacillātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — vacillā — — vacillāte —
future — vacillātō vacillātō — vacillātōte vacillantō
passive present — vacillāre — — vacillāminī —
future — vacillātor vacillātor — — vacillantor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present vacillāre vacillārī vacillāns —
future vacillātūrum esse vacillātum īrī vacillātūrus vacillandus
perfect vacillāvisse vacillātum esse — vacillātus
future perfect — vacillātum fore — —
perfect potential vacillātūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
vacillandī vacillandō vacillandum vacillandō vacillātum vacillātū

Descendants

  • Catalan: vacil·lar
  • English: vacillate
  • French: vaciller
  • Galician: vacilar
  • Italian: vacillare
  • Spanish: vacilar
  • Portuguese: vacilar

References

  • “vacillo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “vacillo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • vacillo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to have a good memory: memoriā (multum) valere (opp. memoriā vacillare)
  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “vacillō, -āre”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 649
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