뜻

1. 깜짝 놀라다, 비틀거리다, 휘청거리다
2. 흔들리다, 주저하다, 망설이다, 두려워하다

1. I stagger, totter, reel
2. I hesitate, falter, waver

예문

• cuius anima est secundum animam tuam, et qui, cum titubaveris in tenebris, condolebit tibi. (Biblia Sacra Vulgata, Liber Ecclesiasticus, 37 37:16)

  말은 만사의 시작이고 모든 행동에는 계획이 앞선다. (불가타 성경, 집회서, 37장 37:16)

• Vade, uale, caue ne titubes mandataque frangas. (EPISTVLARVM LIBER PRIMVS, XIII 13:8)

  (호라티우스의 첫번째 편지, 13 13:8)

• Omnia tamen pandentur, non dico si cecideris, sed si titubaveris. (Publilius Syrus, Sententiae, 4 4:59)

  (푸블릴리우스 시루스, 격언집, 4:59)

• "Nam et iugulum istum dolui et cor ipsum mihi avelli putavi et nunc etiam spiritu deficior et genua quatior et gradu titubo et I aliquid cibatus refovendo spiritu desidero." (Apuleius, Metamorphoses, book 1 16:18)

  (아풀레이우스, 변신, 1권 16:18)

• Post haec monitu famuli mei, qui noctis admonebat, iam et ipse crapula distentus, protinus exsurgo et appellata prospere Byrrhaena titubante vestigio domuitionem capesso. (Apuleius, Metamorphoses, book 2 23:12)

  (아풀레이우스, 변신, 2권 23:12)

유의어 사전

Labare (the ancient Gothic word, slipan, from λωφᾶν), denotes tottering, with reference to the whole body, which rests on no firm basis; titubare (from ταφεῖν, τυφλός), with reference to the feet, which refuse their service, and stagger; vacillare (ἧκα) with reference to the upper part of the body, which wants its upright, steady, secure position; lastly, nutare (from νεύειν) with reference to the head, which seems ready to fall off. The titubans threatens to sink to the ground; the vacillans, to fall over. Titubatio betrays bodily weakness; vacillatio, want of external dignity, and a steady carriage. (iii. 62.)

출처: Döderlein's Hand-book of Latin Synonymes by Ludwig von Doederlein