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συνερκτικός γάρ ἐστι καὶ περαντικός, καὶ γνωμοτυπικὸς καὶ σαφὴς καὶ κρουστικός, καταληπτικός τ' ἄριστα τοῦ θορυβητικοῦ → he's intimidative, penetrative, aphoristically originative, clear and aggressive, and superlatively terminative of the obstreperative
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|lshtext=<b>tergĭ-versor</b>: ātus, 1,<br /><b>I</b> v. dep. n. [ter [[gum]], to [[turn]] one's [[back]]; [[hence]], to [[decline]] [[refuse]]; to boggle, [[shuffle]], [[seek]] a [[shift]] or eva [[sion]]; to [[shift]], tergiversate (a favorite [[word]] of [[Cicero]]; [[otherwise]] [[rare]]): [[itaque]] eam ter giversari non sinent secumque rapient, Cic. Tusc. 5, 28, 81: an cuncter et tergiverser, ut lis me dem, qui, etc., id. Att. 7, 12, 3: [[quid]] taces? [[quid]] dissimulas? [[quid]] tergiversaris? id. Planc 19, 48: hunc aestuantem et tergiversantem judicio [[ille]] persequitur, id Fl. 20, 47. [[Fannius]] [[invitus]] et huc [[atque]] il luc tergiversans, id. Rosc. Com. 13, 37; id Att. 16, 5, 3: [[quid]] tergiversamur? id. Tusc 3, 18, 41 in his [[tribus]] generibus non incal lide tergiversantur, id. Off. 3, 33, 118: non est [[locus]] ad tergiversandum, id. Att. 7, 1, 4: consules ipsos tergiversari, Liv 2, 23, 13: movebant consulem haec, sed tergiversari res cogebat, id. 2, 27, 3: accusatores aut ca lumniantur aut praevaricantur aut tergi versantur...Tergiversari, in universum ab accusatione desistere. Dig. 48, 16, 1.— Hence, [[tergiversanter]], adv., [[back]] wardly, [[reluctantly]]: pugnam inire, Vell. 1, 9, 3. | |lshtext=<b>tergĭ-versor</b>: ātus, 1,<br /><b>I</b> v. dep. n. [ter [[gum]], to [[turn]] one's [[back]]; [[hence]], to [[decline]] [[refuse]]; to boggle, [[shuffle]], [[seek]] a [[shift]] or eva [[sion]]; to [[shift]], tergiversate (a favorite [[word]] of [[Cicero]]; [[otherwise]] [[rare]]): [[itaque]] eam ter giversari non sinent secumque rapient, Cic. Tusc. 5, 28, 81: an cuncter et tergiverser, ut lis me dem, qui, etc., id. Att. 7, 12, 3: [[quid]] taces? [[quid]] dissimulas? [[quid]] tergiversaris? id. Planc 19, 48: hunc aestuantem et tergiversantem judicio [[ille]] persequitur, id Fl. 20, 47. [[Fannius]] [[invitus]] et huc [[atque]] il luc tergiversans, id. Rosc. Com. 13, 37; id Att. 16, 5, 3: [[quid]] tergiversamur? id. Tusc 3, 18, 41 in his [[tribus]] generibus non incal lide tergiversantur, id. Off. 3, 33, 118: non est [[locus]] ad tergiversandum, id. Att. 7, 1, 4: consules ipsos tergiversari, Liv 2, 23, 13: movebant consulem haec, sed tergiversari res cogebat, id. 2, 27, 3: accusatores aut ca lumniantur aut praevaricantur aut tergi versantur...Tergiversari, in universum ab accusatione desistere. Dig. 48, 16, 1.— Hence, [[tergiversanter]], adv., [[back]] wardly, [[reluctantly]]: pugnam inire, Vell. 1, 9, 3. | ||
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|gf=<b>tergĭversor</b>,¹² ātus sum, ārī ([[tergum]] et [[verto]]), intr., tourner le [[dos]], [d’où] user de détours, tergiverser : [[huc]] [[atque]] [[illuc]] Cic. Com. 37, user d’échappatoires en tous sens, cf. Cic. Planc. 48 ; Tusc. 5, 81 ; Off. 3, 118 ; etc.; Liv. 2, 23, 13 || se désister d’une accusation : Dig. 48, 16, 1. | |||
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Revision as of 07:06, 14 August 2017
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
tergĭ-versor: ātus, 1,
I v. dep. n. [ter gum, to turn one's back; hence, to decline refuse; to boggle, shuffle, seek a shift or eva sion; to shift, tergiversate (a favorite word of Cicero; otherwise rare): itaque eam ter giversari non sinent secumque rapient, Cic. Tusc. 5, 28, 81: an cuncter et tergiverser, ut lis me dem, qui, etc., id. Att. 7, 12, 3: quid taces? quid dissimulas? quid tergiversaris? id. Planc 19, 48: hunc aestuantem et tergiversantem judicio ille persequitur, id Fl. 20, 47. Fannius invitus et huc atque il luc tergiversans, id. Rosc. Com. 13, 37; id Att. 16, 5, 3: quid tergiversamur? id. Tusc 3, 18, 41 in his tribus generibus non incal lide tergiversantur, id. Off. 3, 33, 118: non est locus ad tergiversandum, id. Att. 7, 1, 4: consules ipsos tergiversari, Liv 2, 23, 13: movebant consulem haec, sed tergiversari res cogebat, id. 2, 27, 3: accusatores aut ca lumniantur aut praevaricantur aut tergi versantur...Tergiversari, in universum ab accusatione desistere. Dig. 48, 16, 1.— Hence, tergiversanter, adv., back wardly, reluctantly: pugnam inire, Vell. 1, 9, 3.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
tergĭversor,¹² ātus sum, ārī (tergum et verto), intr., tourner le dos, [d’où] user de détours, tergiverser : huc atque illuc Cic. Com. 37, user d’échappatoires en tous sens, cf. Cic. Planc. 48 ; Tusc. 5, 81 ; Off. 3, 118 ; etc.; Liv. 2, 23, 13 || se désister d’une accusation : Dig. 48, 16, 1.
