unsteady

unsteady
adj.
Trembling: Ar. and V. τρομερός.
Not to be depended on: P. and V. σφᾰλερός.
Fickle: P. and V. ἔμπληκτος, Ar. and V. ἀστάθμητος ; see fickle.
Unsettled: P. ἀκατάστατος.
Of breathing: V. μετάρσιος, cp. Eur. H. F. 1093; see laboured.

UNSTEADY

instabilis (not firm regular etc.; PROP. and IMPROP.). [Vid: INCONSTANT.] An unsteady hand (in writing) vacillantes literulae (Cic.): an unsteady gait instabilis ingressus (Liv.) gradus (Curt.): an unsteady line (of soldiers) instabilis et fluctuans acies (Liv.): an unsteady hand tremebunda or tremula manus (e.g. of a drunken man); manus intremiscens (e.g. of a surgeon). An unsteady light tremulum lumen († Verg.). If = immoral profligate Vid.

unsteady:

1. instăbĭlis, e: u. gait, i. grădus, Curt. 8, 11: an u. footing, i. vestigium, Plin. Pan. 22. Fig.: an u. and wavering line (of soldiers), i. et fluctuans acies, Liv. 9, 35: v. UNSTABLE.

2. trĕmĕbundus: u. voice, t. vox, Auct. Her. 3, 14, 25.

3. trĕmŭlus: an u. light, t. lumen, Virg. Aen. 8, 22: v. SHAKE, QUIVER, TREMBLE.

4. vărius: an u. mind, animus v., Sall. Cat. 5.

5. văgus: v. INCONSTANT, VAGUE. To be u. (lit. and fig.): fluctuo, 1, văcillo, 1: Cic.: v. TO SWAY, WAVER.