What is the Latin word for temporizer?

The usual Latin words for “temporizer” are praevāricor, labō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“temporizer” in Latin

praevāricorto walk crookedly, to not walk straight; to step out of line, deviate, transgress; to collude, prevaricate, play a doubl labōto totter, wobble; to waver or decline; to slip past, slide by, glide by

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

temporizer

homo bilinguis (a double-tongued man): temporum multorum homo (a time-server, Curt. 5, 3, 4): praevaricator (guilty of shuffling conduct): You are a temporizer, duabus sellis sedere soles (Laber. ap. Sen., Controv., 3, 18, extr.). Vid: TIME-SERVER.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for temporizer?: The usual Latin words for “temporizer” are praevāricor, labō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.