"tergiversator" meaning in All languages combined

See tergiversator on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: tergiversators [plural]
Etymology: From Latin tergiversator (“avoider”). Equivalent to tergiversate + -or. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|tergiversator||avoider}} Latin tergiversator (“avoider”), {{af|en|tergiversate|-or}} tergiversate + -or Head templates: {{en-noun}} tergiversator (plural tergiversators)
  1. One who tergiversates.
    Sense id: en-tergiversator-en-noun-TZpQbthb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -or, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 69 29 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 71 27 2

Noun [Latin]

IPA: [tɛr.ɡɪ.wɛrˈsaː.tɔr] [Classical-Latin], [t̪er.d͡ʒi.verˈsäː.t̪or] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From tergiversor (“to delay, to evade”) + -tor (“-er: forming agent nouns”) Etymology templates: {{af|la|tergiversor|-tor|t1=to delay, to evade|t2=-er: forming agent nouns}} tergiversor (“to delay, to evade”) + -tor (“-er: forming agent nouns”) Head templates: {{la-noun|tergiversātor<3>|f=tergiversātrīx}} tergiversātor m (genitive tergiversātōris, feminine tergiversātrīx); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|tergiversātor<3>}} Forms: tergiversātor [canonical, masculine], tergiversātōris [genitive], tergiversātrīx [feminine], no-table-tags [table-tags], tergiversātor [nominative, singular], tergiversātōrēs [nominative, plural], tergiversātōris [genitive, singular], tergiversātōrum [genitive, plural], tergiversātōrī [dative, singular], tergiversātōribus [dative, plural], tergiversātōrem [accusative, singular], tergiversātōrēs [accusative, plural], tergiversātōre [ablative, singular], tergiversātōribus [ablative, plural], tergiversātor [singular, vocative], tergiversātōrēs [plural, vocative]
  1. (Late Latin) avoider, delayer, postponer, decliner Tags: Late-Latin, declension-3 Synonyms: bovīnātor Derived forms: tergiversātōrius
    Sense id: en-tergiversator-la-noun-IEwHVSLj Categories (other): Late Latin, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin terms suffixed with -tor Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 81 19 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -tor: 83 17
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb [Latin]

IPA: [tɛr.ɡɪ.wɛrˈsaː.tɔr] [Classical-Latin], [t̪er.d͡ʒi.verˈsäː.t̪or] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) Forms: tergiversātor [canonical]
Etymology: See tergiversor Head templates: {{head|la|verb form|head=tergiversātor}} tergiversātor
  1. second/third-person singular future active imperative of tergiversor Tags: active, form-of, future, imperative, second-person, singular, third-person Form of: tergiversor
    Sense id: en-tergiversator-la-verb-qbMxWImJ Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 43 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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