cunctaris
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;
sg. pres. ind. 2nd - 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;
sg. futperf. act. ind. 2ndsg. perf. act. subj. 2nd - 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;
sg. pres. pass. ind. 2nd - —
Syncopated perfect often drops the 'v' and contracts vowel
Examples
Liber III
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...vita stabilique videtur et quasi iam leti portas cunctarier ante; unde homines dum se falso terrore coacti effugisse..."Liber VI
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...mihi dixisses "Exigis ergo nihil?" Inquiris, dubitas, cunctaris meque diebus teque decem crucias: iam rogo, Phoebe, nega. Perpetuam..."Libri XVII-XVIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...extremum reformidas aeterni natalis est. Depone onus: quid cunctaris, tamquam non prius quoque relicto in quo latebas corpore..."Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...alio Fabius adfectas imperii uires recreauit quam quod cunctari et trahere et morari sciit, quae omnia irati nesciunt..."Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE BENEFICIIS
"...sibi uenenum daret. Cum tergiuersantem uideret: 'Quid cunctaris' inquit, 'tamquam in tua potestate totum istud sit? mortem rogo..."de Brevitate Vitae
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...quaeque dies miseris mortalibus aeui Prima fugit. "Quid cunctaris?", inquit, "Quid cessas? Nisi occupas, fugit." Et cum occupaueris..."Oedipus
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...uiuis tamen exemptus erres: morere, sed citra patrem. cunctaris, anime? subitus en uultus grauat profusus imber ac rigat..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...supprime, Lentule, Martem. Quid porro tu, dive, tuis cunctaris in armis, non frangis portas, non muris oppida solvis..."
