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fluctuatio

fluctuatio · f

a vibrating to and fro

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Where it lives

De Tranquillitate Animi 1 · 1.32/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 6-10 - 9 1 · 0.62/10k
De Ira 1 · 0.45/10k
Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 1 · 0.13/10k
Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales 1 · 0.08/10k
Ab urbe condita 1 · 0.02/10k

What it meant

fluctŭātĭo — Lewis & Short

fluctŭātĭo, ōnis, f.id.,

I a vibrating to and fro, a fluctuation (not ante-Aug., and very rare).

I Lit., a wavering motion, agitation: tunc artus trepidi, inquietae manus, totius corporis fluctuatio, Sen. de Ira, 2, 35, 3.—

II Trop., wavering, hesitation, vacillation of the mind: in ea fluctuatione animorum opprimi incautos posse, Liv. 9, 25, 6; Vulg. Sirach, 40, 4.

In the wild

fluctuatio Seneca, Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales 20.120.20
fluctuationis Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 7.4.5
fluctuatio Seneca, De Ira 2.35.3
fluctuatione Livy, Ab urbe condita 1.9.25.6
fluctuatione Livy, Ab urbe condita, books 6-10 - 9 p25
fluctuationem Seneca, De Tranquillitate Animi 9.1.17

Where it came from

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