vacillo
vacillo, to sway to and fro, stagger, reel, totter
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vacillans present active participle feminine vocative singular, present active participle masculine nominative singular, present active participle masculine vocative singular, present active participle feminine nominative singular, present active participle neuter accusative singular, present active participle neuter vocative singular, present active participle neuter nominative singular of vacillo
văcillo (a scanned long, Lucr. 3, 502), āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. [cf. Sanscr. vak-, to roll; vank-, to shake], to sway to and fro; to waddle, stagger, reel, totter, waver, vacillate (class.; a favorite word with Cic.; cf.: nuto, titubo).
- I Lit., of drunken persons: quosdam ex vino vacillantes, quosdam hesternā potatione oscitantes, Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 8, 3, 66: videre quosdam ex vino vacillantis, Quint. 11, 3, 165: praepediuntur crure vacillanti, Lucr. 3, 479; cf. Ruhnk. ad Rutil. Lup. 2, 7, p. 164 Frotsch.: in utramque partem toto corpore vacillans, Cic. Brut. 60, 216: arbor ventis pulsa vacillans aestuat, Lucr. 5, 1096; so, ambusta, id. 1, 806: vacillant omnia tecta, id. 6, 575: sub pedibus tellus cum tota vacillat, id. 5, 1236: accepi tuam epistulam vacillantibus litterulis, Cic. Fam. 16, 15, 2.—
- II Trop., to waver, hesitate, stagger, be untrustworthy, to vacillate: tota res vacillat et claudicat, Cic. N. D. 1, 38, 107: Erotem ad ista expedienda factum mihi videbar reliquisse, cujus non sine magnā culpā vacillarunt, have fallen into confusion, id. Att. 14, 18, 2: justitia vacillat vel jacet potius, id. Off. 3, 33, 118: stabilitas amicitiae vacillat, id. Fin. 1, 20, 66: legio vacillans, wavering in fidelity, id. Phil. 3, 12, 31: γεροντικώτερον est memoriola vacillare, id. Att. 12, 1, 2: partim sumptibus in vetere aere alieno vacillant, are staggering beneath a load of old debts, id. Cat. 2, 10, 21: aegrotat fama vacillans, Lucr. 4, 1124: gentes vacillantes, Vell. 2, 130, 3: cum animus paulum vacillavit, Sen. Ep. 114, 22: testes, qui adversus fidem testationis suae vacillant, audiendi non sunt, Dig. 22, 5, 2: cujus (testis) ita anceps fides vacillat, ib. 48, 10, 27.
vacillo, āvī, ātum, āre (altind. váñcati, er wankt), wackeln, wanken, I) eig.: vacillat arbor, vacillant omnia tecta, Lucr. – litterulae vacillantes, mit zitternder Hand geschriebene, Cic. – v. Pers., ex vino, Cic. fr.: in utramque partem toto corpore, Cic.: milites vacillantes, Curt. – II) übtr.: tota res vacillat et claudicat, hat weder Grund noch Boden, steht aus ganz schwachen Füßen, Cic.: u. so iustitia vacillat vel iacet potius, Cic.: cum animus paulum vacillaret, Sen.: cuius non sine magna culpa vacillarunt, es damit nicht vorwärts ging, Cic. – v. Pers., in aere alieno, den festen Boden verloren haben, (von tief Verschuldeten), Cic.: memoriolā vacillo, das bißchen Gedächtnis steht bei mir auf schwachen Füßen, Cic.: tota legio vacillans, wankend in der Treue, Cic. – ➳ a lang gemessen bei Lucr. 2, 502 (504), weshalb Lachm. u. Bern. vaccillo schreiben.
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văcillō, (12) āvī, ātum, āre, intr., vaciller, branler, chanceler [pr. et fig.] : ex vino Cic. d. Quint. 8, 3, 66, chanceler sous le coup de lʼivresse ; in utramque partem Cic. Br. 216, se balancer de gauche à droite ; vacillantibus litterulis Cic. Fam. 16, 15, 2, en écriture toute tremblée || justitia vacillat Cic. Off. 3, 118, la justice chancelle, cf. Cic. Nat. 1, 107 ; Fin. 1, 66 ; Phil. 3, 31 ; sumptibus in vetere alieno vacillant Cic. Cat. 2, 21, par suite de leurs dépenses ils trébuchent dans de vieilles dettes [ils ne peuvent retrouver leur équilibre].
- 1. wankelen, waggelen, niet stevig staan; ➤ vacillat arbor, vacillant omnia tecta; litterulae vacillantes in beverig handschrift; ex vino ~; in utramque partem toto corpore ~;
- 2. (metaf.) wankelen, onzeker zijn; ➤ tota res vacillat et claudicat staat op losse schroeven; iustitia vacillat; in aere alieno ~ bijna aan schulden te gronde gaan;
- 3. weifelen, onstandvastig of onbetrouwbaar zijn; ➤ legio vacillans.
vacillo , as, are. n.
含糊。搖動。將倒。無恆。踟蹰。— aere alieno 將封舖。Testes qui adversus fidem estationis suae vacillant 證見口供不定。
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含糊。搖動。將倒。無恆。踟蹰。— aere alieno 將封舖。Testes qui adversus fidem estationis suae vacillant 證見口供不定。
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vacillō āvī, ātus, āre,
- to sway to and fro, stagger, reel, totter: ex vino: in utramque partem toto corpore: epistula vacillantibus litterulis.—Fig., to waver, hesitate, be untrustworthy, vacillate: tota res vacillat et claudicat: cum unā legione et eā vacillante, i. e. untrustworthy: in vetere aere alieno vacillant, stagger under a load of old debts.