fluctuatio
πρὶν τοὺς ἰχθῦς ἑλεῖν σὺ τὴν ἅλμην κυκᾷς → you're mixing the sauce before catching the fish | don't count your chickens before they are hatched | don't count your chickens before they hatch | first catch your hare | first catch your rabbit | first catch your rabbit and then make your stew | first catch your hare, then cook it | first catch your hare, then cook him
Latin > English
fluctuatio fluctuationis N F :: swaying/shaking, restless movement (wave); vacillation/uncertainity/fluctuation
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
fluctŭātĭo: ōnis, f. id.,
I a vibrating to and fro, a fluctuation (not ante-Aug., and very rare).
I Lit., a wavering motion, agitation: tunc artus trepidi, inquietae manus, totius corporis fluctuatio, Sen. de Ira, 2, 35, 3.—
II Trop., wavering, hesitation, vacillation of the mind: in ea fluctuatione animorum opprimi incautos posse, Liv. 9, 25, 6; Vulg. Sirach, 40, 4.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
flūctŭātĭō,¹⁴ ōnis, f. (fluctuor), agitation : Sen. Ira 2, 35, 3 || [fig.] hésitation, irrésolution : Liv. 9, 25, 6.
Latin > German (Georges)
flūctuātio, ōnis, f. (fluctuo), I) die unruhige Bewegung, totius corporis fluctuatio, da ist der ganze Körper in Aufruhr, Sen. de ira 2, 35, 3. – II) übtr., das Schwanken, die Unstetigkeit, die schwankende Stimmung, animorum, Liv. 9, 25, 6: malae mentis, Sen. ep. 120, 20: absol., Val. Max. 7, 4, 5. Sen. de tranqu. anim. 1, 17. Vulg. psalm. 54, 23; Sirach 40, 4.
