cunctantis
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;
gen. sg. 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. (m./f.)gen. sg. (all)
Examples
Divus Iulius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...quod si ponticulum transierimus, omnia armis agenda erunt.' Cunctanti ostentum tale factum est. Quidam eximia magnitudine et forma..."
Liber Decimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...proximus occupet Haemon.' sic ait, et magna cunctantis pectora dextra permulsit tacite seseque in corde reliquit. fulminis haud..."
Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...casus et dira uidebat signa, sed ipsa manu cunctanti iniecerat arma Atropos obrueratque deum, nec coniugis absunt insidiae..."Aeneid XII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...hostem, nec currus usquam videt aurigamve sororem. Cunctanti telum Aeneas fatale coruscat, sortitus fortunam oculis, et corpore toto..."Aeneid X
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...solabere mortem: Aeneae magni dextra cadis.' increpat ultro cunctantis socios et terra sublevat ipsum sanguine turpantem comptos..."Liber III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...aram, lanea dum niuea circumdatur infula uitta, inter cunctantis cecidit moribunda ministros; aut si quam ferro mactauerat ante..."Liber II
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...scrobibus superabit terra repletis, spissus ager: glaebas cunctantis crassaque terga exspecta et ualidis terram proscinde iuuencis. salsa autem..."Liber XLII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Perseus petisset conloquium, existumabant deberi. ioco etiam Marcius cunctantis mouit. 'minor' inquit 'ad maiores et'—quod Philippo ipsi..."
