SWING Copy link • SWING 1. v. Transitively, jactare (hue illuc). Intransitively, *se jactare (hue illuc): agitari: moveri. To enjoy the amusement of swinging, oscillare (Schol. Bob. ad Cic., Planc., 9): oscillo moveri (Festus, p. 193): tabula interposita pendente funibus se jactare (Hygin., Astron., 2, 4, p. 36, ed. Muncker): pendula machina agitari (Schol. Bob., l. l.). 2. s. Act of swinging, oscillatio (late), or by circumlocution with the verb. An apparatus for swinging, *oscillum: laquei pensiles (Gloss., as explanation of oscillum): *pendula machina.