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,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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