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
- T
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..."- L
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..." - L
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..." - L
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..." - L
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..." - L
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..." - G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...supprime, Lentule, Martem. Quid porro tu, dive, tuis cunctaris in armis, non frangis portas, non muris oppida solvis..."
