tergiversor —, ārī, dep.
tergum+verto,
to turn the back, decline, refuse, make difficulties, boggle, shuffle, evade,
shift, tergiversate
: quid tergiversaris?: hunc tergiversantem iudicio persequi:
non incallide: locus ad tergiversandum: (consulem) tergiversari res
cogebat, L.