oscillo

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

oscillo: āre, v. n. 2. oscillum,
I to swing, swing one's self: oscillum Santra dici ait, quod oscillent, id est inclinent, praecipitesque in os ferantur, Fest. p. 194, 9 and 10 Müll.—Pass.: osculor, Mythogr. Lat. 1, 19 fin.—Hence, oscillans, antis, P. a.; as subst., a swinger: oscillantes, ait Cornificius, ab eo, quod os celare soliti personis propter verecundiam, qui eo genere lusūs utebantur, Fest. p. 194 Müll.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

ōscillō, āre, intr., se balancer, Fest. 194.