tergiversatorius
Latin
Etymology
From tergiversātor (“tergiversator, avoider, delayer”) + -ius (“-y: forming adjectives”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ter.ɡi.u̯er.saːˈtoː.ri.us/, [t̪ɛrɡiu̯ɛrs̠äːˈt̪oːriʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ter.d͡ʒi.ver.saˈto.ri.us/, [t̪erd͡ʒiversäˈt̪ɔːrius]
Adjective
tergiversātōrius (feminine tergiversātōria, neuter tergiversātōrium); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
References
- “tergiversatorius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- tergiversatorius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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