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titubo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of titubar

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titubo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of titubare

Latin

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Etymology

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From a reduplication of Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp-, from *(s)tew- (to push, hit).[1] Compare Latin stupeō.

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titubō (present infinitive titubāre, perfect active titubāvī, supine titubātum); first conjugation

  1. to stagger, totter, reel
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 3.539:
      cum redeunt, titubant et sunt spectācula volgī
      When they return, they stagger, and they're a [drunken] spectacle for onlookers
      (The ancient Romans celebrated the festival of Anna Perenna on the Ides of March.)
  2. to hesitate, falter, waver

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References

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  • titubo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • titubo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • titubo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “titubo”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 686

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titubo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of titubar