vacillo
Οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιον ἡ ὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → For health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
văcillo: (
I a scanned long, Lucr. 3, 502), āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. cf. Sanscr. vak-, to roll; vank-, to shake, to sway to and fro; to waddle, stagger, reel, totter, waver, vacillate (class.; a favorite word with Cic.; cf.: nuto, titubo).
I Lit., of drunken persons: quosdam ex vino vacillantes, quosdam hesternā potatione oscitantes, Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 8, 3, 66: videre quosdam ex vino vacillantis, Quint. 11, 3, 165: praepediuntur crure vacillanti, Lucr. 3, 479; cf. Ruhnk. ad Rutil. Lup. 2, 7, p. 164 Frotsch.: in utramque partem toto corpore vacillans, Cic. Brut. 60, 216: arbor ventis pulsa vacillans aestuat, Lucr. 5, 1096; so, ambusta, id. 1, 806: vacillant omnia tecta, id. 6, 575: sub pedibus tellus cum tota vacillat, id. 5, 1236: accepi tuam epistulam vacillantibus litterulis, Cic. Fam. 16, 15, 2.—
II Trop., to waver, hesitate, stagger, be untrustworthy, to vacillate: tota res vacillat et claudicat, Cic. N. D. 1, 38, 107: Erotem ad ista expedienda factum mihi videbar reliquisse, cujus non sine magnā culpā vacillarunt, have fallen into confusion, id. Att. 14, 18, 2: justitia vacillat vel jacet potius, id. Off. 3, 33, 118: stabilitas amicitiae vacillat, id. Fin. 1, 20, 66: legio vacillans, wavering in fidelity, id. Phil. 3, 12, 31: γεροντικώτερον est memoriola vacillare, id. Att. 12, 1, 2: partim sumptibus in vetere aere alieno vacillant, are staggering beneath a load of old debts, id. Cat. 2, 10, 21: aegrotat fama vacillans, Lucr. 4, 1124: gentes vacillantes, Vell. 2, 130, 3: cum animus paulum vacillavit, Sen. Ep. 114, 22: testes, qui adversus fidem testationis suae vacillant, audiendi non sunt, Dig. 22, 5, 2: cujus (testis) ita anceps fides vacillat, ib. 48, 10, 27.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
văcillō,¹² āvī, ātum, āre, intr., vaciller, branler, chanceler [pr. et fig.] : ex vino Cic. d. Quint. 8, 3, 66, chanceler sous le coup de l’ivresse ; in utramque partem Cic. Br. 216, se balancer de gauche à droite ; vacillantibus litterulis Cic. Fam. 16, 15, 2, en écriture toute tremblée || justitia vacillat Cic. Off. 3, 118, la justice chancelle, cf. Cic. Nat. 1, 107 ; Fin. 1, 66 ; Phil. 3, 31 ; sumptibus in vetere alieno vacillant Cic. Cat. 2, 21, par suite de leurs dépenses ils trébuchent dans de vieilles dettes [ils ne peuvent retrouver leur équilibre].
Latin > German (Georges)
vacillo, āvī, ātum, āre (altind. váñcati, er wankt), wackeln, wanken, I) eig.: vacillat arbor, vacillant omnia tecta, Lucr. – litterulae vacillantes, mit zitternder Hand geschriebene, Cic. – v. Pers., ex vino, Cic. fr.: in utramque partem toto corpore, Cic.: milites vacillantes, Curt. – II) übtr.: tota res vacillat et claudicat, hat weder Grund noch Boden, steht aus ganz schwachen Füßen, Cic.: u. so iustitia vacillat vel iacet potius, Cic.: cum animus paulum vacillaret, Sen.: cuius non sine magna culpa vacillarunt, es damit nicht vorwärts ging, Cic. – v. Pers., in aere alieno, den festen Boden verloren haben, (von tief Verschuldeten), Cic.: memoriolā vacillo, das bißchen Gedächtnis steht bei mir auf schwachen Füßen, Cic.: tota legio vacillans, wankend in der Treue, Cic. – / a lang gemessen bei Lucr. 2, 502 (504), weshalb Lachm. u. Bern. vaccillo schreiben.
Latin > English
vacillo vacillare, vacillavi, vacillatus V :: stagger, totter; be in a weak condition
