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titubatio

titubatio · f

a staggering

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Where it lives

Topica 1 · 1.46/10k
De Partitione Oratoria 1 · 1.02/10k
De Inventione 1 · 0.3/10k
Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales 1 · 0.08/10k

What it meant

tĭtŭbātĭo — Lewis & Short

tĭtŭbātĭo, ōnis, f.id.,

I a staggering, wavering.

I Lit.: in ipsā ebrietate, Sen. Ep. 95, 16: linguae, i. e. stammering, Macr. S. 7, 6 med.; cf. the preced. art.—

II Trop.: titubatio aut offensio, Auct. Her. 2, 8, 12; Cic. Inv. 2, 12, 41; Hier. de Cain et Abel, 1, 5, 19.

In the wild

titubatio Cicero, De Inventione 2.41
titubatio Seneca, Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales 15.95.16
titubatio Cicero, De Partitione Oratoria 39
titubatio Cicero, Topica 52.p1

Where it came from

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