tergiversor
Latin > English
tergiversor tergiversari, tergiversatus sum V DEP :: turn one's back on a task or challenge; hang back
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
tergĭ-versor: ātus, 1,
I v. dep. n. [ter gum, to turn one's back; hence, to decline refuse; to boggle, shuffle, seek a shift or eva sion; to shift, tergiversate (a favorite word of Cicero; otherwise rare): itaque eam ter giversari non sinent secumque rapient, Cic. Tusc. 5, 28, 81: an cuncter et tergiverser, ut lis me dem, qui, etc., id. Att. 7, 12, 3: quid taces? quid dissimulas? quid tergiversaris? id. Planc 19, 48: hunc aestuantem et tergiversantem judicio ille persequitur, id Fl. 20, 47. Fannius invitus et huc atque il luc tergiversans, id. Rosc. Com. 13, 37; id Att. 16, 5, 3: quid tergiversamur? id. Tusc 3, 18, 41 in his tribus generibus non incal lide tergiversantur, id. Off. 3, 33, 118: non est locus ad tergiversandum, id. Att. 7, 1, 4: consules ipsos tergiversari, Liv 2, 23, 13: movebant consulem haec, sed tergiversari res cogebat, id. 2, 27, 3: accusatores aut ca lumniantur aut praevaricantur aut tergi versantur...Tergiversari, in universum ab accusatione desistere. Dig. 48, 16, 1.— Hence, tergiversanter, adv., back wardly, reluctantly: pugnam inire, Vell. 1, 9, 3.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
tergĭversor,¹² ātus sum, ārī (tergum et verto), intr., tourner le dos, [d’où] user de détours, tergiverser : huc atque illuc Cic. Com. 37, user d’échappatoires en tous sens, cf. Cic. Planc. 48 ; Tusc. 5, 81 ; Off. 3, 118 ; etc.; Liv. 2, 23, 13 || se désister d’une accusation : Dig. 48, 16, 1.
Latin > German (Georges)
tergiversor, ātus sum, ārī (tergum u. verto), den Rücken zukehren; dah. ungern darangehen, sich weigern, Ausflüchte suchen, Anstand nehmen, zögern, quid taces? quid dissimulas? quid tergiversaris? Cic.: quid tergiversamur? Cic.: consules ipsos tergiversari, Liv.: non tergiversor nec refugio, Sen.: narravit illum valde morari, non tergiversantem, sed exspectantem, si qui forte casus, Cic.: cum prope manu consertum restitantem ac tergiversantem in Africam attraxerim, Liv.: ad quosque venerat cunctantes arma capere, increpabat, quid cessarent tergiversarenturque, Liv.: in his tribus generibus non incallide tergiversantur, wissen sie sich schlau genug zu drehen u. zu wenden, Cic.: non est locus ad tergiversandum, Cic.
