are driven about by the waves

fluctŭo, āvi, ātum, or (perh. not anteAug.) fluctŭor, ātus, 1 (pleraque utroque modo efferuntur:

fluctuatur, fluctuat,

Quint. 9, 3, 7), v. n. [fluctus], to move in the manner of waves, i. e. to wave, rise in waves, undulate, to move to and fro, be driven hither and thither (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. signif.; cf.: fluo, fluito).

Lit.

Form fluctuo:

nunc valide fluctuat mare,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 14:

ita fluctuare video vehementer mare,

id. ib. 4, 1, 12;

4, 2, 11: quadriremem in salo fluctuantem reliquerat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 35, § 91:

quid tam commune quam mare fluctuantibus, litus ejectis?

id. Rosc. Am. 26, 72:

agebatur huc illuc Galba vario turbae fluctuantis impulsu,

Tac. H. 1, 40; cf. Gell. 10, 6, 2:

fluctuet aër,

Lucr. 6, 367: directaeque acies ac late fluctuat omnis Aere renidenti tellus, waves (in the light) with gleaming brass, Verg. G. 2, 281:

fluctuant insulae,

Plin. 2, 95, 96, § 209:

seges,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 699.—In mal. part., Arn. 2, 73; Auct. Priap. 19, 4; cf. fluctus, I. —

Form fluctuor:

deprehensi in mari Syrtico modo in sicco relinquuntur, modo fluctuantur,

are driven about by the waves, Sen. Vit. Beat. 14:

Delos diu fluctuata,

Plin. 4, 12, 22, § 66:

quaedam insulae semper fluctuantur,

id. 2, 94, 95, § 209 Jan.:

lignum in longitudinem fluctuatur,

i. e. floats about, id. 16, 38, 73, § 186:

lapidem e Scyro insula integrum fluctuari tradunt, eundem comminutum mergi,

id. 36, 16, 26, § 130.—

Trop., to be restless, unquiet, uncertain, doubtful; to rage, swell; to waver, hesitate, vacillate, fluctuate.

Form fluctuo: Eu. Potin, ut animo sis tranquillo? Ch. Quid si animus fluctuat? Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 49; cf.:

animo nunc huc, nunc fluctuat illuc,

Verg. A. 10, 680:

mens animi tantis fluctuat ipsa malis,

Cat. 65, 4:

magnis curarum fluctuat undis,

id. 64, 62; cf.:

magnoque irarum fluctuat aestu,

Verg. A. 4, 532; Anthol. Lat. 1, 178, 150:

fluctuat ira intus,

Verg. A. 12, 527:

irarum fluctuat aestu,

id. ib. 4, 564; so, curarum, 8, 19; Lucr. 4, 1077; Cat. 64, 62:

ingenti Telamon fluctuat ira,

Val. Fl. 3, 637:

fluctuante rege inter spem metumque,

Liv. 42, 59, 8:

totam aciem suo pavore fluctuantem, etc.,

Curt. 3, 10, 6:

in suo decreto,

Cic. Ac. 2, 9, 29:

fluctuantem sententiam confirmare,

id. Att. 1, 20, 2:

genus orationis, quod appellamus fluctuans et dissolutum, eo quod sine nervis et articulis fluctuat huc et illuc,

Auct. Her. 4, 11, 16:

omnia et citata et fluctuantia,

Sen. Contr. 3, 19.—

Form fluctuor:

utrius populi mallet victoriam esse, fluctuatus animo fuerat,

Liv. 23, 33, 3:

fluctuatus animo est, utrum, etc.,

id. 32, 13, 4; 36, 10, 4; Curt. 4, 12, 21; Val. Max. 8, 1, 2: vita fluctuatur per adversa et difficilia, Sen. Ep. [p. 762] 111: semper inter spem et metum fluctuari, Aug. ap. Suet. Claud. 4:

ambrosia (herba) vagi nominis est et circa alias herbas fluctuati,

Plin. 27, 4, 11, § 28.

fluctŭo, āvi, ātum, or (perh. not anteAug.) fluctŭor, ātus, 1 (pleraque utroque modo efferuntur:

fluctuatur, fluctuat,

Quint. 9, 3, 7), v. n. [fluctus], to move in the manner of waves, i. e. to wave, rise in waves, undulate, to move to and fro, be driven hither and thither (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. signif.; cf.: fluo, fluito).

Lit.

Form fluctuo:

nunc valide fluctuat mare,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 14:

ita fluctuare video vehementer mare,

id. ib. 4, 1, 12;

4, 2, 11: quadriremem in salo fluctuantem reliquerat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 35, § 91:

quid tam commune quam mare fluctuantibus, litus ejectis?

id. Rosc. Am. 26, 72:

agebatur huc illuc Galba vario turbae fluctuantis impulsu,

Tac. H. 1, 40; cf. Gell. 10, 6, 2:

fluctuet aër,

Lucr. 6, 367: directaeque acies ac late fluctuat omnis Aere renidenti tellus, waves (in the light) with gleaming brass, Verg. G. 2, 281:

fluctuant insulae,

Plin. 2, 95, 96, § 209:

seges,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 699.—In mal. part., Arn. 2, 73; Auct. Priap. 19, 4; cf. fluctus, I. —

Form fluctuor:

deprehensi in mari Syrtico modo in sicco relinquuntur, modo fluctuantur,

are driven about by the waves, Sen. Vit. Beat. 14:

Delos diu fluctuata,

Plin. 4, 12, 22, § 66:

quaedam insulae semper fluctuantur,

id. 2, 94, 95, § 209 Jan.:

lignum in longitudinem fluctuatur,

i. e. floats about, id. 16, 38, 73, § 186:

lapidem e Scyro insula integrum fluctuari tradunt, eundem comminutum mergi,

id. 36, 16, 26, § 130.—

Trop., to be restless, unquiet, uncertain, doubtful; to rage, swell; to waver, hesitate, vacillate, fluctuate.

Form fluctuo: Eu. Potin, ut animo sis tranquillo? Ch. Quid si animus fluctuat? Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 49; cf.:

animo nunc huc, nunc fluctuat illuc,

Verg. A. 10, 680:

mens animi tantis fluctuat ipsa malis,

Cat. 65, 4:

magnis curarum fluctuat undis,

id. 64, 62; cf.:

magnoque irarum fluctuat aestu,

Verg. A. 4, 532; Anthol. Lat. 1, 178, 150:

fluctuat ira intus,

Verg. A. 12, 527:

irarum fluctuat aestu,

id. ib. 4, 564; so, curarum, 8, 19; Lucr. 4, 1077; Cat. 64, 62:

ingenti Telamon fluctuat ira,

Val. Fl. 3, 637:

fluctuante rege inter spem metumque,

Liv. 42, 59, 8:

totam aciem suo pavore fluctuantem, etc.,

Curt. 3, 10, 6:

in suo decreto,

Cic. Ac. 2, 9, 29:

fluctuantem sententiam confirmare,

id. Att. 1, 20, 2:

genus orationis, quod appellamus fluctuans et dissolutum, eo quod sine nervis et articulis fluctuat huc et illuc,

Auct. Her. 4, 11, 16:

omnia et citata et fluctuantia,

Sen. Contr. 3, 19.—

Form fluctuor:

utrius populi mallet victoriam esse, fluctuatus animo fuerat,

Liv. 23, 33, 3:

fluctuatus animo est, utrum, etc.,

id. 32, 13, 4; 36, 10, 4; Curt. 4, 12, 21; Val. Max. 8, 1, 2: vita fluctuatur per adversa et difficilia, Sen. Ep. [p. 762] 111: semper inter spem et metum fluctuari, Aug. ap. Suet. Claud. 4:

ambrosia (herba) vagi nominis est et circa alias herbas fluctuati,

Plin. 27, 4, 11, § 28.