cunctabantur
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cunctor, cunctari, cunctatus sum:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
delay, impede, hold up; hesitate, tarry, linger; be slow to act; dawdle; doubt;
pl. imperf. ind. 3rd - Entry →cuncto, cunctare, cunctavi, cunctatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
delay, impede, hold up; hesitate, tarry, linger; be slow to act; dawdle; doubt;
pl. imperf. pass. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...Vitellio decimam quoque ac sextam traxit. nec Galliae cunctabantur. et Britanniam inditus erga Vespasianum favor, quod illic secundae..."Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...excivit, segniter et necessitatem dissimulans. perinde legati provinciaeque cunctabantur, Hordeonius Flaccus suspectis iam Batavis anxius proprio bello, Vettius..."
