stagger
stagger
v. intrans.
Ar. and P. ἰ̄λιγγιᾶν, σφάλλεσθαι (Xen.).
Reel before an attack: P. κλίνεσθαι; see reel.
Swoon: P. λιποψυχεῖν. V. προλείπειν ; see swoon.
She staggers back: V. λεχρία πάλιν χωρεῖ (Eur. Med. 1168).
Be distressed: P. and V. κάμνειν ; see labour.
V. trans. P. and V. ἐκπλήσσειν, ἐξιστά̆ναι, P. καταπλήσσειν ; see dismay.
v. intrans.
Ar. and P. ἰ̄λιγγιᾶν, σφάλλεσθαι (Xen.).
Reel before an attack: P. κλίνεσθαι; see reel.
Swoon: P. λιποψυχεῖν. V. προλείπειν ; see swoon.
She staggers back: V. λεχρία πάλιν χωρεῖ (Eur. Med. 1168).
Be distressed: P. and V. κάμνειν ; see labour.
V. trans. P. and V. ἐκπλήσσειν, ἐξιστά̆ναι, P. καταπλήσσειν ; see dismay.
stagger
subs.
P. ἴλιγγος, ὁ.
subs.
P. ἴλιγγος, ὁ.
STAGGER
Intransitively titubare (PROP. to trip): vacillare (e.g. ex vino): labare (so as to fall): labascere: labefieri (PROP. and figuratively). To stagger home titubante pede domum reverti.
Figuratively claudicare: fluctuare: fluctuare animi or in animo; incertum esse; haesitare: dubitare: in dubio esse.
Transitively PROP. labefacere: labefactare.
Figuratively labefacere labefactare: collabefactare (Ov.). To stagger anybody’s opinion labefacere labefactare aliquem; labefactare alicujus opinionem sententiam; movere alicujus sententiam. To stagger anybody’s fidelity fidem alicujus labefactare sollicitare. To be staggered labascere (Ter.): labefieri labefactari (Cic.). Anything staggers me (= makes me almost doubt the conclusion I thought certain) dubitatio mihi movetur or affertur.
Intransitively titubare (PROP. to trip): vacillare (e.g. ex vino): labare (so as to fall): labascere: labefieri (PROP. and figuratively). To stagger home titubante pede domum reverti.
Figuratively claudicare: fluctuare: fluctuare animi or in animo; incertum esse; haesitare: dubitare: in dubio esse.
Transitively PROP. labefacere: labefactare.
Figuratively labefacere labefactare: collabefactare (Ov.). To stagger anybody’s opinion labefacere labefactare aliquem; labefactare alicujus opinionem sententiam; movere alicujus sententiam. To stagger anybody’s fidelity fidem alicujus labefactare sollicitare. To be staggered labascere (Ter.): labefieri labefactari (Cic.). Anything staggers me (= makes me almost doubt the conclusion I thought certain) dubitatio mihi movetur or affertur.
stagger:
I. Intrans.:
1. văcillo, 1 (as a drunken man): v.TO REEL .
2. tĭtŭbo, 1 (to trip and stumble, walk unsteadily): s.ing with years and wine (Silenus), annisque meroque titubans, Ov. M. 11, 90: Hor.: v.TO STUMBLE . See also TO TOTTER . Phr.: to s. home, *titubante pede domum reverti (R. and A.): *vacillante gressu domum repetere.
II. Trans.: to cause to shake, esp. in fig. sense: lăbĕfacto, 1: v.TO SHAKE (II.). Also commŏveo, 2 (which may denote any shock given to the mind): v. TO DISTURB , ALARM . Phr.: to be s.'d and thrown into a panic, tumultuantem de gradu dejici, Cic. Off. 1, 23, 80.
I. Intrans.:
1. văcillo, 1 (as a drunken man): v.
2. tĭtŭbo, 1 (to trip and stumble, walk unsteadily): s.ing with years and wine (Silenus), annisque meroque titubans, Ov. M. 11, 90: Hor.: v.
II. Trans.: to cause to shake, esp. in fig. sense: lăbĕfacto, 1: v.