"tergiversatio" meaning in Latin

See tergiversatio in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [tɛr.ɡɪ.wɛrˈsaː.ti.oː] [Classical-Latin], [ter.d͡ʒi.verˈsat.t͡si.o] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Etymology tree Latin tergiversor Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin tergiversātiō From tergiversor (“tergiversate, turn one's back, avoid”) + -tiō (“-tion: forming abstract nouns”). Etymology templates: {{ety|la|:af|tergiversor<t:tergiversate, turn one's back, avoid>|-tiō<t:-tion: forming abstract nouns>|text=+|title=tergiversātiō|tree=1}} Etymology tree Latin tergiversor Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin tergiversātiō [tergiversate]], turn one's back, avoid", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "tergiversor", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "la" }, { "gloss" : "-tion: forming abstract nouns", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-tiHō", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tis", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-Hō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-tiō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-tiō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "tergiversātiō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }" data-lang="la" data-title="tergiversātiō"> From tergiversor (“tergiversate, turn one's back, avoid”) + -tiō (“-tion: forming abstract nouns”). Head templates: {{la-noun|tergiversātiō<3>}} tergiversātiō f (genitive tergiversātiōnis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|tergiversātiō<3>}} Forms: tergiversātiō [canonical, feminine], tergiversātiōnis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], tergiversātiō [nominative, singular], tergiversātiōnēs [nominative, plural], tergiversātiōnis [genitive, singular], tergiversātiōnum [genitive, plural], tergiversātiōnī [dative, singular], tergiversātiōnibus [dative, plural], tergiversātiōnem [accusative, singular], tergiversātiōnēs [accusative, plural], tergiversātiōne [ablative, singular], tergiversātiōnibus [ablative, plural], tergiversātiō [singular, vocative], tergiversātiōnēs [plural, vocative]
  1. subterfuge, tergiversation Tags: declension-3 Related terms: tergiversor
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      "glosses": [
        "subterfuge, tergiversation"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "subterfuge",
          "subterfuge"
        ],
        [
          "tergiversation",
          "tergiversation"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[tɛr.ɡɪ.wɛrˈsaː.ti.oː]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ter.d͡ʒi.verˈsat.t͡si.o]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tergiversatio"
}

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