tergiversatio

From LSJ

βάκτρῳ δ' ἐρείδου περιφερῆ στίβον χθονός → support with a staff your steps that waver on the ground

Source

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

tergĭversātĭo: ōnis, f. tergiversor,
I a declining, refusing; a shift, subterfuge, tergiversation: quid ergo erat morae et ter giversationis, Cic. Mil. 20, 54: tergiversationem istam probo, id. Att. 10, 7, 1; Auct B Afr 8, 4.—In plur., Front. Aquaed. 5.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

tergĭversātĭō,¹⁴ ōnis, f. (tergiversor), tergiversation, lenteur calculée, détour : Cic. Mil. 54 ; Att. 10, 7, 1.

Latin > German (Georges)

tergiversātio, ōnis, f. (tergiversor), die Weigerung, Zögerung, Ausflucht, mora et tergiversatio, Cic.: nec moram tergiversatio (haberet), Auct. b. Afr.: hanc tergiversationem probo, Cic. – Plur., multis tergiversationibus (Winkelzüge) extraxisse censuram, Frontin. aqu. 5.

Latin > Chinese

tergiversatio, onis. f. (tergum.) :: 刁難推之故