tergiversatio

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Latin

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Etymology

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From tergiversor (tergiversate, turn one's back, avoid) +‎ -tiō (-tion: forming abstract nouns).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tergiversātiō f (genitive tergiversātiōnis); third declension

  1. subterfuge, tergiversation

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tergiversātiō tergiversātiōnēs
Genitive tergiversātiōnis tergiversātiōnum
Dative tergiversātiōnī tergiversātiōnibus
Accusative tergiversātiōnem tergiversātiōnēs
Ablative tergiversātiōne tergiversātiōnibus
Vocative tergiversātiō tergiversātiōnēs
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Descendants

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  • English: tergiversation
  • French: tergiversation

References

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  • tergiversatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • tergiversatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • tergiversatio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • tergiversatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • tergiversatio”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers