tricor

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

trīcor, ātus, 1, v. dep. n. [tricae],

to make or start difficulties; to trifle , dally , shuffle , play tricks (Ciceron.), Cic. Att. 15, 13, 5: Publilius tecum tricatus est, id. ib. 14, 19, 4. —Collat. form trīco , reflex., to dally , delay : hora surgendi ne te trices, Vulg. Ecclus. 32, 15.

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