tergiversatio
ψυχῆς ἀγῶνα τὸν προκείμενον πέρι δώσων → to stand the appointed trial for his life, to stand the appointed struggle for life and death
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.
