cunctamur
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. pres. ind. 1st - 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. pres. pass. ind. 1st
Examples
Liber Tertius
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...duro saevae sub rege Mycenae, ad medium cunctamur iter. si finibus ullis has tolerare moras et inania tempora..."
Liber Tertius
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...uirum, neu sint dispendia iustae dura morae: magnos cunctamur, nata, paratus. proficitur bello.' dicentem talia nascens lux mouet..."Liber XXXI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...haberemus, id nunc pulso Italia Hannibale, deuictis Carthaginiensibus cunctamur facere? patiamur expugnandis Athenis, sicut Sapunto expugnando Hannibalem passi..."