vacillatio
From LSJ
Ῥᾴθυμος ἐὰν ᾖς, πλούσιος πένης ἔσῃ → Si dives es pigerque, mox iners eris → Dein Leichtsinn macht alsbald dich arm, seist du auch reich
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
văcillātĭo: ōnis, f. vacillo,
I a rocking to and fro, see-saw, a wavering, reeling motion: indecora in dextrum ac laevum latus, Quint. 11, 3, 128: foeda, Suet. Claud. 21 fin.>
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
văcillātĭō,¹⁶ ōnis, f. (vacillo), balancement : Quint. 11, 3, 128 ; Suet. Claud. 21.
Latin > German (Georges)
vacillātio, ōnis, f. (vacillo), das Wanken, Wackeln, Suet. Claud. 21, 2. Quint. 11, 3, 128. Vgl. Auct. de idiom. gen. 582, 60 K. ›vacillatio, σφάλμα‹.
