I.to swing, swing one's self: “oscillum Santra dici ait, quod oscillent, id est inclinent, praecipitesque in os ferantur,” Fest. p. 194, 9 and 10 Müll.—Pass.: osculor, Mythogr. Lat. 1, 19 fin.—Hence, oscillans , antis, P. a.; as subst., a swinger: “oscillantes, ait Cornificius, ab eo, quod os celare soliti personis propter verecundiam, qui eo genere lusūs utebantur,” Fest. p. 194 Müll.
oscillo , āre, v. n. 2. oscillum,