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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=fluctuo fluctuare, fluctuavi, fluctuatus V :: rise in waves, surge, swell, undulate, fluctuate; float; be agitated/restless
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>fluctŭo</b>: āvi, ātum, or (perh. not anteAug.) fluctŭor, ātus, 1 (pleraque [[utroque]] [[modo]] efferuntur:<br /><b>I</b> fluctuatur, fluctuat, Quint. 9, 3, 7), v. n. [[fluctus]], to [[move]] in the [[manner]] of waves, i. e. to [[wave]], [[rise]] in waves, [[undulate]], to [[move]] to and [[fro]], be driven [[hither]] and [[thither]] ([[class]].; esp. freq. in the trop. signif.; cf.: [[fluo]], [[fluito]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Form [[fluctuo]]: [[nunc]] [[valide]] fluctuat [[mare]], Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 14: ita fluctuare [[video]] [[vehementer]] [[mare]], id. ib. 4, 1, 12; 4, 2, 11: quadriremem in [[salo]] fluctuantem reliquerat, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 35, § 91: [[quid]] tam [[commune]] [[quam]] [[mare]] fluctuantibus, [[litus]] ejectis? id. Rosc. Am. 26, 72: agebatur huc [[illuc]] [[Galba]] [[vario]] turbae fluctuantis impulsu, Tac. H. 1, 40; cf. Gell. 10, 6, 2: fluctuet aër, Lucr. 6, 367: directaeque [[acies]] ac [[late]] fluctuat [[omnis]] Aere renidenti [[tellus]], waves (in the [[light]]) [[with]] [[gleaming]] [[brass]], Verg. G. 2, 281: fluctuant insulae, Plin. 2, 95, 96, § 209: [[seges]], Sen. Herc. Fur. 699.—In mal. [[part]]., Arn. 2, 73; Auct. Priap. 19, 4; cf. [[fluctus]], I. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Form fluctuor: deprehensi in mari Syrtico [[modo]] in [[sicco]] relinquuntur, [[modo]] fluctuantur, are driven [[about]] by the waves, Sen. Vit. Beat. 14: [[Delos]] diu fluctuata, Plin. 4, 12, 22, § 66: quaedam insulae [[semper]] fluctuantur, id. 2, 94, 95, § 209 Jan.: [[lignum]] in longitudinem fluctuatur, i. e. floats [[about]], id. 16, 38, 73, § 186: lapidem e Scyro [[insula]] integrum fluctuari tradunt, eundem comminutum mergi, id. 36, 16, 26, § 130.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., to be [[restless]], unquiet, [[uncertain]], [[doubtful]]; to [[rage]], [[swell]]; to [[waver]], [[hesitate]], [[vacillate]], [[fluctuate]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Form [[fluctuo]]: Eu. Potin, ut [[animo]] sis [[tranquillo]]? Ch. Quid si [[animus]] fluctuat? Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 49; cf.: [[animo]] [[nunc]] huc, [[nunc]] fluctuat [[illuc]], Verg. A. 10, 680: [[mens]] animi tantis fluctuat ipsa malis, Cat. 65, 4: magnis curarum fluctuat undis, id. 64, 62; cf.: magnoque irarum fluctuat aestu, Verg. A. 4, 532; Anthol. Lat. 1, 178, 150: fluctuat ira [[intus]], Verg. A. 12, 527: irarum fluctuat aestu, id. ib. 4, 564; so, curarum, 8, 19; Lucr. 4, 1077; Cat. 64, 62: ingenti [[Telamon]] fluctuat ira, Val. Fl. 3, 637: fluctuante rege [[inter]] spem metumque, Liv. 42, 59, 8: totam aciem suo pavore fluctuantem, etc., Curt. 3, 10, 6: in suo decreto, Cic. Ac. 2, 9, 29: fluctuantem sententiam confirmare, id. Att. 1, 20, 2: [[genus]] orationis, [[quod]] appellamus fluctuans et dissolutum, eo [[quod]] [[sine]] nervis et articulis fluctuat huc et [[illuc]], Auct. Her. 4, 11, 16: omnia et citata et fluctuantia, Sen. Contr. 3, 19.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Form fluctuor: utrius populi [[mallet]] victoriam esse, fluctuatus [[animo]] fuerat, Liv. 23, 33, 3: fluctuatus [[animo]] est, [[utrum]], etc., id. 32, 13, 4; 36, 10, 4; Curt. 4, 12, 21; Val. Max. 8, 1, 2: [[vita]] fluctuatur per adversa et difficilia, Sen. Ep. 111: [[semper]] [[inter]] spem et metum fluctuari, Aug. ap. Suet. Claud. 4: [[ambrosia]] ([[herba]]) vagi nominis est et [[circa]] [[alias]] herbas fluctuati, Plin. 27, 4, 11, § 28.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>flūctŭō</b>,¹² āvī, āre ([[fluctus]]), Pl. ; Cic. Att. 2, 12, 3 ; Catul., Lucr., Virg. ; et <b>flūctŭor</b>, ātus sum, ārī, intr., Cic. Ac. 2, 29 ; Liv., Sen. ; cf. Quint. 9, 3, 7, être agité (en parl. de la mer) : Pl. Rud. 303 &#124;&#124; être ballotté sur les flots : Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 91 ; Amer. 72 &#124;&#124; [fig.] fluctuari [[animo]] Liv. 23, 33, 3, flotter, être irrésolu ; [[fluctuans]] [[sententia]] Cic. Att. 1, 20, 2, opinion flottante, cf. Ac. 2, 29 ; [avec interr. ind.] Liv. 32, 13, 4, se demander si ou si.||être ballotté sur les flots : Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 91 ; Amer. 72||[fig.] fluctuari [[animo]] Liv. 23, 33, 3, flotter, être irrésolu ; [[fluctuans]] [[sententia]] Cic. Att. 1, 20, 2, opinion flottante, cf. Ac. 2, 29 ; [avec interr. ind.] Liv. 32, 13, 4, se demander si ou si.
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{{Georges
|georg=flūctuo, āvī, ātum, āre ([[fluctus]]), I) Wellen [[schlagen]], [[wogen]], A) eig.: [[ita]] fluctuare [[video]] [[vehementer]] [[mare]], Plaut. rud. 903. – B) übtr.: 1) [[wogen]], [[wallen]] = [[sich]] [[wellenförmig]] [[bewegen]], aër fluctuat, Lucr.: fluctuat Zephyro [[seges]], Sen. poët.: comae cervicum fluctuantes, Gell.: fluctuat [[tellus]] aere renidenti, bewegt [[sich]] [[zitternd]] = schimmert, blitzt [[von]] usw., Verg.: [[populus]] [[fluctuans]], [[hin]] u. her wogend, Gell.: fervescere vermibus et fluctuare, [[wimmeln]] u. krümmeln, Arnob. 7, 17. – 2) [[wallen]], [[brausen]] = in leidenschaftlicher [[Aufregung]] [[sein]], [[ira]] fluctuat, Verg.: v. Pers., magnis curarum fluctuat undis, Catull.: fluctuat irarum aestu, Verg. – II) [[mit]] den Wellen (Wogen) umhertreiben, in der [[See]] [[treiben]], A) eig., v. Menschen u. [[Schiffen]], Cic.: v. Inseln, Plin. – B) übtr.: 1) in der [[Haltung]] [[schwanken]], v. der [[Schlachtreihe]] (vgl. Mützell Curt. 3, 10 [25], 6), [[acies]] [[fluctuans]], Liv. u. Curt.: fluctuanti [[similis]] [[acies]] erat, Liv. – v. der [[Rede]], [[oratio]] [[quasi]] [[fluctuans]], Cic. – prägn., v. Pers., illum gravi et periculosā valetudine fluctuare, daß [[sein]] [[Leben]] in [[Gefahr]] [[sei]] [[durch]] usw., Val. Max. – 2) im Entschlusse [[oder]] in seiner [[Ansicht]] ([[hin]] und her) [[schwanken]], unschlüssig [[sein]], fluctuat [[animus]], Plaut.: [[animo]] [[nunc]] [[huc]] [[nunc]] [[illuc]] fluctuat, Verg.: [[sententia]] [[fluctuans]], Cic.: [[inter]] [[varia]] consilia, Sen.: in [[suo]] decreto, Cic.: m. folg. indir. Fragesatz, [[quid]] responderem [[diu]] fluctuavi, Augustin. epist. 60, 1.
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