cunctata
Dictionary entries
- Entry →contor, contari, cunctatus sum:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Age:
- Late
delay, impede, hold up; hesitate, tarry, linger; be slow to act; dawdle; doubt;
abl. sg. perf. part.acc. pl. perf. part.nom. sg. perf. part.nom. pl. perf. part.voc. sg. perf. part.voc. pl. perf. part. - 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;
abl. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. pl. perf. pass. part.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. perf. pass. part. - Entry →cunctatus, cunctata -um, cunctatior -or -us, cunctatissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
hesitant; tardy;
abl. sg. (f.)acc. pl. (n.)nom. sg. (f.)nom. pl. (n.)voc. sg. (f.)voc. pl. (n.)
Examples

Liber Quintus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...Dixit et opperiens trepidam stetit. illa parumper virgineo cunctata metu sic orsa vicissim: 'quem petis Aeeten genitor meus..."
Liber Quartus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...Graias atque ardua flumina ripis, oblato donec paulum cunctata profundo incidit. absistunt fluctus et gnara futuri dant pavida..."
Liber Nonus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...aures. deriguit iuuenis lacrimaeque haesere paratae et cunctata fides: nimium nam cognita uirtus Oenidae credi letum suadetque uetatque..."
Liber Quintus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...adflicto spirat reuerentia uultu.' ingemit, et paulum fletu cunctata modesto Lemnias orsa refert: 'inmania uulnera, rector, integrare iubes..."
Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from ACHILLEID
"...hilares et ad alta cubilia ducunt. Digreditur multum cunctata in limine mater, dum repetit monitus arcanaque murmura figit..."Amores III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...albentis abstulit ore iubas. illa locum taurumque diu cunctata relinquit — sed niger in vaccae pectore livor erat; utque..."Liber I
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...tertiam decumam et sextam decumam legiones nihil cunctatas sacramento adigit. quartadecumani paulum dubitaverant: pecunia et missio quamvis..."Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...bello videbantur. undecima legio sese adiunxerat, initio cunctata, sed prosperis rebus anxia quod defuisset; sex milia Dalmatarum, recens..."
