tergiversator

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

tergiversātor, ōris, m. [tergiversor],

one who delays , declines , o hangs back , a boggler , laggard (post-class.), Gell. 11, 7, 9; Arn. 7, 247; cf. Isid. 10, 271.

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