tergiversatorius
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom tergiversātor (“tergiversator, avoider, delayer”) + -ius (“-y: forming adjectives”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ter.ɡi.u̯er.saːˈtoː.ri.us/, [t̪ɛrɡiu̯ɛrs̠äːˈt̪oːriʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ter.d͡ʒi.ver.saˈto.ri.us/, [t̪erd͡ʒiversäˈt̪ɔːrius]
Adjective
edittergiversātōrius (feminine tergiversātōria, neuter tergiversātōrium); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
editFirst/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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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.