tergiversor

Latin

Etymology

From tergum (“back, hindpart”) + vertō (“I turn”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ter.ɡiˈu̯er.sor/, [t̪ɛrɡiˈu̯ɛrs̠ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ter.d͡ʒiˈver.sor/, [t̪erd͡ʒiˈvɛrsor]

Verb

tergiversor (present infinitive tergiversārī, perfect active tergiversātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

1. to turn one's back, to avoid, to evade, to delay, to postpone

Conjugation

Conjugation of tergiversor (first conjugation, deponent)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	tergiversor	tergiversāris, tergiversāre	tergiversātur	tergiversāmur	tergiversāminī	tergiversantur
	imperfect	tergiversābar	tergiversābāris, tergiversābāre	tergiversābātur	tergiversābāmur	tergiversābāminī	tergiversābantur
	future	tergiversābor	tergiversāberis, tergiversābere	tergiversābitur	tergiversābimur	tergiversābiminī	tergiversābuntur
	perfect	tergiversātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	tergiversātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	tergiversātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	tergiverser	tergiversēris, tergiversēre	tergiversētur	tergiversēmur	tergiversēminī	tergiversentur
	imperfect	tergiversārer	tergiversārēris, tergiversārēre	tergiversārētur	tergiversārēmur	tergiversārēminī	tergiversārentur
	perfect	tergiversātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	tergiversātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	tergiversāre	—	—	tergiversāminī	—
	future	—	tergiversātor	tergiversātor	—	—	tergiversantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		tergiversārī	tergiversātum esse	tergiversātūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		tergiversāns	tergiversātus	tergiversātūrus	—	—	tergiversandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		tergiversandī	tergiversandō	tergiversandum	tergiversandō	tergiversātum	tergiversātū

Derived terms

• tergiversanter
• tergiversātiō
• tergiversātor
• tergiversātōrius

Related terms

• tergum

Descendants

• Catalan: tergiversar
• English: tergiversate
• French: tergiverser
• Galician: terxiversar
• Italian: tergiversare
• Piedmontese: tergiversé
• Portuguese: tergiversar
• Romanian: tergiversa
• Spanish: tergiversar

References

• “tergiversor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “tergiversor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tergiversor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.