tergiversatorius
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From tergiversātor (“tergiversator, avoider, delayer”) + -ius (“-y: forming adjectives”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ter.ɡi.u̯er.saːˈtoː.ri.us/, [t̪ɛrɡiu̯ɛrs̠äːˈt̪oːriʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ter.d͡ʒi.ver.saˈto.ri.us/, [t̪erd͡ʒiversäˈt̪ɔːrius]
Adjective edit
tergiversātōrius (feminine tergiversātōria, neuter tergiversātōrium); first/second-declension adjective
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | tergiversātōrius | tergiversātōria | tergiversātōrium | tergiversātōriī | tergiversātōriae | tergiversātōria | |
| Genitive | tergiversātōriī | tergiversātōriae | tergiversātōriī | tergiversātōriōrum | tergiversātōriārum | tergiversātōriōrum | |
| Dative | tergiversātōriō | tergiversātōriō | tergiversātōriīs | ||||
| Accusative | tergiversātōrium | tergiversātōriam | tergiversātōrium | tergiversātōriōs | tergiversātōriās | tergiversātōria | |
| Ablative | tergiversātōriō | tergiversātōriā | tergiversātōriō | tergiversātōriīs | |||
| Vocative | tergiversātōrie | tergiversātōria | tergiversātōrium | tergiversātōriī | tergiversātōriae | tergiversātōria | |
References edit
- “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.