vacillatio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

văcillātĭo, ōnis, f. [vacillo],

a rocking to and fro , see-saw , a wavering , reeling motion : indecora in dextrum ac laevum latus, Quint. 11, 3, 128: foeda, Suet. Claud. 21 fin.