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tergiversatio
tergiversatio
Latin
Noun
tergiversātiō f (genitive tergiversātiōnis); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | tergiversātiō | tergiversātiōnēs |
| genitive | tergiversātiōnis | tergiversātiōnum |
| dative | tergiversātiōnī | tergiversātiōnibus |
| accusative | tergiversātiōnem | tergiversātiōnēs |
| ablative | tergiversātiōne | tergiversātiōnibus |
| vocative | tergiversātiō | tergiversātiōnēs |
Related terms
Descendants
- English: tergiversation
- French: tergiversation
References
- 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, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “tergiversatio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- tergiversatio in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers