tergiversor
Latin
Etymology
From tergum (“back, hindpart”) + vertō (“I turn”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ter.ɡiˈwer.sor/
Verb
tergiversor (present infinitive tergiversārī, perfect active tergiversātus sum); first conjugation, deponent
- I turn my back and am reluctant; I evade.
Inflection
| 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 | tergiversātus esse | tergiversātūrus esse | — | — | — | |
| participles | tergiversāns | tergiversātus | tergiversātūrus | — | — | tergiversandus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| nominative | genitive | dative/ablative | accusative | accusative | ablative | ||
| tergiversārī | tergiversandī | tergiversandō | tergiversandum | tergiversātum | tergiversātū | ||
Derived terms
- tergiversanter
- tergiversātiō
- tergiversātor
- tergiversātōrius
Related terms
- tergum
Descendants
- English: tergiversate
- French: tergiverser
- Italian: tergiversare
- Portuguese: 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