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Menander, Monostichoi, 219

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

tergiversātor: ōris, m. id.,
I one who delays, declines, o hangs back, a boggler, laggard (post-class.), Gell. 11, 7, 9; Arn. 7, 247; cf. Isid. 10, 271.