tergiversatorius

== Latin == === Etymology === From tergiversātor (“tergiversator, avoider, delayer”) + -ius (“-y: forming adjectives”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [tɛr.ɡɪ.wɛr.saːˈtoː.ri.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ter.d͡ʒi.ver.saˈtɔː.ri.us] === Adjective === tergiversātōrius (feminine tergiversātōria, neuter tergiversātōrium); first/second-declension adjective tergiversating, evasive, delaying ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. === References === “tergiversatorius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “tergiversatorius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.