tergiversatio

tergĭversātĭo, ōnis, f. [tergiversor],

• a declining, refusing; a shift, subterfuge, tergiversation: quid ergo erat morae et ter giversationis, Cic. Mil. 20, 54: tergiversationem istam probo, id. Att. 10, 7, 1; Auct B Afr 8, 4.—In plur., Front. Aquaed. 5.

tergiversātio, ōnis, f. (tergiversor), die Weigerung, Zögerung, Ausflucht, mora et tergiversatio, Cic.: nec moram tergiversatio (haberet), Auct. b. Afr.: hanc tergiversationem probo, Cic. – Plur., multis tergiversationibus (Winkelzüge) extraxisse censuram, Frontin. aqu. 5.

tergiversatio [CL] 1 (act of) turning one's back, withdrawal. minus idoneus martyrio, celeri ~one gradus ascendi W. Cant. V. Thom. II 42; percutientibus terga dederunt, et in illa ~one multos ex suis amiserunt Ord. Vit. IX 14 p. 590; Cesar agminibus laceratis ‥ Galliam ‥ petivit. ab hac autem ~one, Lucanus ‥ ait “territa quaesitis ostendit terga Britannis” M. Par. Maj. I 73. 2 (act of) turning one's back upon a task, challenge, or position, tergiversation; b (in gl.). omnes ejus ~ones ac dolos statim reprehendere traducere ac devincere nosset Bede Sam. 706C; ille juvata sibi nimia ~one magne rationis firmitate suam causam defensitabat Alex. Cant. Mir. 28 (I) p. 215; erroneus exul ad tantum laborem tirannum excivit, eumque callida ~one taliter illexit Ord. Vit. III 11 p. 124; mandavit ‥ quatinus omni ~one postposita debitum ‥ persolveret Coggesh. Visio 30; 1245 non enim cessat impietas machinationum, diffugia ~onum, calliditates cavillationum Ad. Marsh Ep. 213; grave est institoris pellacis effugere ~onem [gl.: perfidiam, terserie, trecherie] fabateriam subintrantis Neckam Ut. 119; omni ~onis, excusacionis, aut porrogacionis [sic] impedimento sublato Dictamen 357.  b tenticula, decipula ‥ deceptio ‥ ~o, dolositas Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 589; begylinge, decepcio ‥ impostura, ~o CathA.

tergĭversātĭō, (14) ōnis, f. (tergiversor), tergiversation, lenteur calculée, détour : Cic. Mil. 54 ; Att. 10, 7, 1.

tergiversatio , onis. f. (tergum.)
刁難。推之故。

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tergiversātiō ōnis, f

• tergiversor, a declining, refusing, subterfuge, tergiversation.

Tergiversatio

The Roman term for the dereliction of duty involved in a legal prosecution being dropped by the prosecutor. Under Nero this offence was punished by fines and disgrace (infamia).