waver
waver
v. intrans.
P. ἐνδοιάζειν, διστάζειν (Plat.), ἀμφιγνοεῖν.
Be perplexed: P. and V. ἀ̆πορεῖν, ἀ̆μηχᾰνεῖν (rare P.).
Delay: P. and V. μέλλειν, τρί̄βειν: see delay.
Shrink: P. and V. ὀκνεῖν, κᾰτοκνεῖν. P. ἀποκνεῖν.
He made our left wing waver: V. ἔκλινε γὰρ κέρας τὸ λαιὸν ἡμῶν (Eur. Supp. 704).
v. intrans.
P. ἐνδοιάζειν, διστάζειν (Plat.), ἀμφιγνοεῖν.
Be perplexed: P. and V. ἀ̆πορεῖν, ἀ̆μηχᾰνεῖν (rare P.).
Delay: P. and V. μέλλειν, τρί̄βειν: see delay.
Shrink: P. and V. ὀκνεῖν, κᾰτοκνεῖν. P. ἀποκνεῖν.
He made our left wing waver: V. ἔκλινε γὰρ κέρας τὸ λαιὸν ἡμῶν (Eur. Supp. 704).
WAVER
labare (the proper word): nutare (to move to and fro; of the upper part of anything): vacillaie (to be easily moved; all three PROP. and figuratively): fluctuare (PROP. to be driven or tossed about with waves; hence figuratively to hesitate). The allies waver socii labant: courage hope fidelity resolution wavers animus spes fides consilium labat: the line (of battle) wavers acies nutat: to begin to waver labascere labefieri (PROP. and figuratively): to cause to waver labefacere labefactare (PROP. and figuratively): to cause anybody’s fidelity to waver labefactare fidem alicujus; fide aliquem dimovere: to waver in one’s decision or resolution in decreto suo inter varia consilia nunc huc nunc illuc fluctuare.
labare (the proper word): nutare (to move to and fro; of the upper part of anything): vacillaie (to be easily moved; all three PROP. and figuratively): fluctuare (PROP. to be driven or tossed about with waves; hence figuratively to hesitate). The allies waver socii labant: courage hope fidelity resolution wavers animus spes fides consilium labat: the line (of battle) wavers acies nutat: to begin to waver labascere labefieri (PROP. and figuratively): to cause to waver labefacere labefactare (PROP. and figuratively): to cause anybody’s fidelity to waver labefactare fidem alicujus; fide aliquem dimovere: to waver in one’s decision or resolution in decreto suo inter varia consilia nunc huc nunc illuc fluctuare.
waver:
1. fluctuo, 1: to w. in a decision, in decreto fluctuare, Cic. Acad. 2, 9, 29.
2. fluĭto, 1: that I may not w. in suspense, ne fluitem pendulus, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 110: the allegiance of Caecina is believed to have w.'d, creditur Caecinae fides fluitasse, Tac. H. 2, 93.
3. dŭbĭto, 1 (between two courses): that he never either w.'d or feared, se neque unquam dubitasse neque timuisse, Caes. B. G. 1, 41.
4. văcillo, 1 (to be unsteady): a w.ing legion, legio vacillans, Cic. Phil. 3 12, 31.
5. nūto, 1 (to incline to fall, to want firmness): the cavalry attacks the w.ing line, nutantem aciem equitatus incursat, Tac. H. 3, 18: Democritus seems to w. about the nature of the gods, Democritus nutare videtur in natura deorum, Cic. N. D. 1, 43, 120.
6. lăbo, 1 (to totter): know that my mind, which seemed fixed before, w.s, scito meum consilium labare, quod satis jam fixum videbatur, Cic. Att. 8, 14, 2: the allies begin to w., socii coeperunt l., Liv. 22, 61, ad fin. Phr.: to begin to w., lăbascere, Pl.: Ter.: to cause to w., lăbĕfăcere, Cic.: Tac.: in swift thought he w.s now this way now that, animum celerem nunc huc nunc dividit illuc, Virg. Aen. 4, 285.
1. fluctuo, 1: to w. in a decision, in decreto fluctuare, Cic. Acad. 2, 9, 29.
2. fluĭto, 1: that I may not w. in suspense, ne fluitem pendulus, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 110: the allegiance of Caecina is believed to have w.'d, creditur Caecinae fides fluitasse, Tac. H. 2, 93.
3. dŭbĭto, 1 (between two courses): that he never either w.'d or feared, se neque unquam dubitasse neque timuisse, Caes. B. G. 1, 41.
4. văcillo, 1 (to be unsteady): a w.ing legion, legio vacillans, Cic. Phil. 3 12, 31.
5. nūto, 1 (to incline to fall, to want firmness): the cavalry attacks the w.ing line, nutantem aciem equitatus incursat, Tac. H. 3, 18: Democritus seems to w. about the nature of the gods, Democritus nutare videtur in natura deorum, Cic. N. D. 1, 43, 120.
6. lăbo, 1 (to totter): know that my mind, which seemed fixed before, w.s, scito meum consilium labare, quod satis jam fixum videbatur, Cic. Att. 8, 14, 2: the allies begin to w., socii coeperunt l., Liv. 22, 61, ad fin. Phr.: to begin to w., lăbascere, Pl.: Ter.: to cause to w., lăbĕfăcere, Cic.: Tac.: in swift thought he w.s now this way now that, animum celerem nunc huc nunc dividit illuc, Virg. Aen. 4, 285.