oscillo, āre, v. n. [2. oscillum],
I to swing , swing one's self : oscillum Santra dici ait, quod oscillent, id est inclinent, praecipitesque in os ferantur, Fest. p. 194, 9 and 10 Müll.— Pass. : osculor, Mythogr. Lat. 1, 19 fin.
II —Hence, oscillans , antis, P. a.; as subst., a swinger : oscillantes, ait Cornificius, ab eo, quod os celare soliti personis propter verecundiam, qui eo genere lusūs utebantur, Fest. p. 194 Müll.