tottering
tottering
adj.
Ar. and V. τρομερός.
adj.
Ar. and V. τρομερός.
TOTTERING
vacillatio: titubatio.
vacillatio: titubatio.
tottering: văcillātio: v. REELING . Or expr. by circuml. with verb.
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I. The act:
1. tactus, ūs: lute-strings answer to every t., chordae ad quemque t. respondent, Cic. de Or. 3, 57, 216: a slight t., levis t., Ov. Met. 4, 180. The sense of t., t., Cic. N. D. 2. 56, 141.
2. tactio (as verbal subs. with acc.): quid tibi hanc digito tactio est, Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 29. The sense of t., t., Cic. Tusc. 4, 9, 20.
II. Contact:
1. contāgio: Cic. Div. 1, 30, 63.
2. contactus, ūs: Virg.: Plin.
3. contāges, is, f.: Lucr.
4. contāgium: Lucr.: Plin.
5. attactus, ūs (only in abl. sing.): Ov. Met. 14, 414: Virg.
6. stringor: the t. of cold water, s. gelidae aquaï, Lucr. 3, 693.
III. T. t. in Art: perh. pēnĭcillus, cf. Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 15. [N.B.--T. used metaph. for delicate or subtle marks of character or quality must generally be expr. by subtilis or some other adj. according to the context.] Phr.: the finishing t., manus extrema, Cic. Brut. 33, 126: v.STROKE .
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I. The act:
1. tactus, ūs: lute-strings answer to every t., chordae ad quemque t. respondent, Cic. de Or. 3, 57, 216: a slight t., levis t., Ov. Met. 4, 180. The sense of t., t., Cic. N. D. 2. 56, 141.
2. tactio (as verbal subs. with acc.): quid tibi hanc digito tactio est, Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 29. The sense of t., t., Cic. Tusc. 4, 9, 20.
II. Contact:
1. contāgio: Cic. Div. 1, 30, 63.
2. contactus, ūs: Virg.: Plin.
3. contāges, is, f.: Lucr.
4. contāgium: Lucr.: Plin.
5. attactus, ūs (only in abl. sing.): Ov. Met. 14, 414: Virg.
6. stringor: the t. of cold water, s. gelidae aquaï, Lucr. 3, 693.
III. T. t. in Art: perh. pēnĭcillus, cf. Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 15. [N.B.--T. used metaph. for delicate or subtle marks of character or quality must generally be expr. by subtilis or some other adj. according to the context.] Phr.: the finishing t., manus extrema, Cic. Brut. 33, 126: v.