cunctantia
Dictionary entries
- 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;
acc. pl. pres. act. part.nom. pl. pres. act. part.voc. pl. pres. act. part. - Entry →cunctans, cunctantis (gen.), cunctantior -or -us, cunctantissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
hesitant/delaying/slow to act, tardy; clinging; stubborn, resistant to movement;
acc. pl. (n.)nom. pl. (n.)voc. pl. (n.)
Examples
Liber IX
Aulus Gellius
"...volens gaudia fecerit pigra et levia et cunctantia et quasi in summo pectore supernantia; nescire enim sese, quid..."
Liber Septimus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...haud satis est, sed me ipsa opus et cunctantia poscunt pectora me dubiusque pudor. iam foedera faxo Aesonii..."
Liber Tertius
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...rapi Calais. furias miratur ovantum Aeacides multusque viri cunctantia corda fert dolor, an sese comitem tam tristibus actis..."
