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  • 1 vacillō

        vacillō āvī, ātus, āre,    to sway to and fro, stagger, reel, totter: ex vino: in utramque partem toto corpore: epistula vacillantibus litterulis.—Fig., to waver, hesitate, be untrustworthy, vacillate: tota res vacillat et claudicat: cum unā legione et eā vacillante, i. e. untrustworthy: in vetere aere alieno vacillant, stagger under a load of old debts.
    * * *
    vacillare, vacillavi, vacillatus V
    stagger, totter; be in a weak condition

    Latin-English dictionary > vacillō

  • 2 titubō

        titubō āvī, ātus, āre,    to stagger, totter, reel: annisque meroque, O.: domum est reversus titubanti pede, Ph.: vestigia titubata, tottering, V.— —In speech, to stammer, stutter, hesitate: mente ac linguā titubante: (versus) debilitatur, in quācumque est parte titubatum, i. e. uttered falteringly.—Fig., to hesitate, falter, waver, be in suspense, be embarrassed: cave ne titubes mandataque frangas, H.: omnibus titubantibus et de rebus summis desperantibus, N.: si quid forte titubatum est, ut fit in bello.
    * * *
    titubare, titubavi, titubatus V
    stagger, totter; falter

    Latin-English dictionary > titubō

  • 3 vacillo

    văcillo ( a scanned long, Lucr. 3, 502), āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. [cf. Sanscr. vak-, to roll; vank-, to shake], to sway to and fro; to waddle, stagger, reel, totter, waver, vacillate (class.; a favorite word with Cic.; cf.: nuto, titubo).
    I.
    Lit., of drunken persons: quosdam ex vino vacillantes, quosdam hesternā potatione oscitantes, Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 8, 3, 66:

    videre quosdam ex vino vacillantis,

    Quint. 11, 3, 165:

    praepediuntur crure vacillanti,

    Lucr. 3, 479; cf. Ruhnk. ad Rutil. Lup. 2, 7, p. 164 Frotsch.:

    in utramque partem toto corpore vacillans,

    Cic. Brut. 60, 216:

    arbor ventis pulsa vacillans aestuat,

    Lucr. 5, 1096; so,

    ambusta,

    id. 1, 806:

    vacillant omnia tecta,

    id. 6, 575:

    sub pedibus tellus cum tota vacillat,

    id. 5, 1236:

    accepi tuam epistulam vacillantibus litterulis,

    Cic. Fam. 16, 15, 2.—
    II.
    Trop., to waver, hesitate, stagger, be untrustworthy, to vacillate:

    tota res vacillat et claudicat,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 38, 107:

    Erotem ad ista expedienda factum mihi videbar reliquisse, cujus non sine magnā culpā vacillarunt,

    have fallen into confusion, id. Att. 14, 18, 2:

    justitia vacillat vel jacet potius,

    id. Off. 3, 33, 118:

    stabilitas amicitiae vacillat,

    id. Fin. 1, 20, 66:

    legio vacillans,

    wavering in fidelity, id. Phil. 3, 12, 31: gerontikôteron est memoriola vacillare, id. Att. 12, 1, 2:

    partim sumptibus in vetere aere alieno vacillant,

    are staggering beneath a load of old debts, id. Cat. 2, 10, 21:

    aegrotat fama vacillans,

    Lucr. 4, 1124:

    gentes vacillantes,

    Vell. 2, 130, 3:

    cum animus paulum vacillavit,

    Sen. Ep. 114, 22:

    testes, qui adversus fidem testationis suae vacillant, audiendi non sunt,

    Dig. 22, 5, 2:

    cujus (testis) ita anceps fides vacillat,

    ib. 48, 10, 27.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > vacillo

  • 4 nūtō

        nūtō āvī, ātus, āre, freq.    [nuo], to nod: nutans, Distorquens oculos, H.: percutiens nutanti pectora mento, O.— To sway to and fro, totter, stagger: ornus nutat, V.: nutant circumspectantibus galeae, et incerti trepidant, L.: nutantem pondere mundum, V.: rami pondere, O.: plaustra, Iu.—Fig., to waver, falter, doubt, hesitate: in naturā deorum: animus nutat, O.
    * * *
    nutare, nutavi, nutatus V
    waver, give way

    Latin-English dictionary > nūtō

  • 5 nuto

    nūto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. n. [nuo (of re-nuo, ab-nuo); Gr. neuô; cf. numen, nutus], to nod with the head.
    I.
    Lit.:

    neque illa ulli homini nutet, nictet, annuat,

    Plaut. As. 4, 1, 39; id. Merc. 2, 3, 72:

    capite nutat,

    id. Mil. 2, 2, 52: crebro capitis motu nutans. Suet. Calig. 38:

    nutans. Distorquens oculos,

    Hor. S. 1, 9, 64.—
    B.
    Esp., to command by a nod or sign:

    nutat ne loquar,

    Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 48.—
    II.
    In gen., to sway to and fro, to totter, shake, stagger.
    A.
    Lit.:

    nutant circumspectantibus galeae, et incerti trepidant,

    Liv. 4, 37:

    ornus,

    Verg. A. 2, 629; 9, 682:

    percutiens nutanti pectora mento,

    Ov. M. 11, 620:

    nutans machinamentum,

    Tac. H. 4, 30:

    nutantem vulnere civem,

    Juv. 15, 156:

    rami pondere,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 263:

    cristae,

    Sil. 1, 501:

    turres,

    Luc. 6, 136:

    plaustra,

    Juv. 3, 256.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    To waver in one's opinion or judgment; to doubt, hesitate:

    etiam Democritus nutare videtur in naturā Deorum,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 43, 120:

    sic animus vario labefactus vulnere nutat,

    Ov. M. 10, 375; cf. Stat. Th. 8, 614; 4, 197.—
    2.
    To falter in one's fidelity, to be faithless:

    ac primo Festūs nutabat, palam Vitellium, occultis nuntiis Vespasianum fovens,

    Tac. H. 2, 98; Suet. Caes. 4.—
    3.
    To be ready to fall or give way; to totter, to waver, fail, be weak, falter:

    fortuna nutabit,

    Liv. 21, 44:

    tanto discrimine urbs nutabat, ut, etc.,

    Tac. H. 4, 52:

    nutantem aciem victor equitatus incursat,

    id. ib. 3, 18;

    4, 49: rempublicam,

    Suet. Vesp. 8; cf.:

    moenia nutantia Romae,

    Sil. 10, 590:

    nutantem hostem praevenire,

    Tac. H. 3, 40; cf. Flor. 3, 10, 4:

    mundi nutante ruinā,

    Luc. 4, 493.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > nuto

  • 6 subtitubo

    sub-tĭtŭbo, āre, v. n., to stagger, totter, or waver a little (late Lat.).
    I.
    Lit.: pede subtitubo, Ven. Vit. S. Mart. 2, 475. —
    II.
    Trop.:

    subtitubante fide,

    Prud. Apoth. 651.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > subtitubo

  • 7 titubo

    tĭtŭbo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a., to stagger, totter, reel.
    I.
    Lit. (rare; cf.: vacillo, labo);

    of drunken persons: Silenus titubans annisque meroque,

    Ov. M. 11, 90:

    mero somnoque gravis titubare videtur,

    id. ib. 3, 608; 4, 26; 15, 331; cf.:

    titubans pes,

    Phaedr. 4, 14, 12:

    vestigia titubata,

    tottering, Verg. A. 5, 332:

    titubat lingua,

    stammers, stutters, Ov. A. A. 1, 598.—
    II.
    Trop., to hesitate, falter, waver, be in suspense, be embarrassed or perplexed (class.):

    Licinius titubans,

    Cic. Cael. 28, 66:

    cave ne titubes mandataque frangas, Hor Ep. 1, 13, 19 Orell. ad loc.: fac titubet blaeso subdola lingua sono,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 598:

    erubuisse, expalluisse, titubasse,

    Auct. Her. 2, 5, 8:

    testes, si verbo titubarint,

    Cic. Fl. 10, 22:

    at vide, ne titubes,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 32; id. Mil. 2, 2, 93:

    lacrumans titubanti animo, corde et pectore,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 43:

    hic omnibus titubantibus et de rebus summis desperantibus,

    Nep. Eum. 9, 2:

    quid agat, ne quid titubet,

    Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 75:

    verum illa ne quid titubet,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 120; Quint. 5, 7, 11:

    nihil,

    Cic. Att. 2, 9, 2; cf. impers. pass.:

    ne quid titubetur,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 70:

    si quid forte titubatum est, ut fit in bello,

    Cic. Fam. 12, 10, 2:

    versus debilitatur, in quācumque ejus sit parte titubatum,

    id. de Or. 3, 50, 192.—Hence, tĭtŭbanter, adv., loosely, totteringly.
    A.
    Lit.:

    lapis, quem artifex titubanter aptaverat fundae,

    Amm. 24, 4, 28. —
    B.
    Trop., hesitatingly, falteringly:

    titubanter et inconstanter loqui de aliquā re,

    Auct. Her. 4, 41, 53:

    titubanter et strictim,

    Cic. Cael. 7, 15.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > titubo

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