cunctatum
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;
acc. sg. perf. part.acc. sg. perf. part.acc. sg.nom. sg. perf. part.voc. sg. 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;
acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. sg. 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;
acc. sg. (m.)acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.)
Examples
Liber XXXIV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...tradant sed castris aduersus Romana positis castra diuque cunctatum, quia Aetolorum auxilia expectasset, coactum ad extremum acie confligere..."Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...clamor et circumfudit eques frontemque pedites invasere, nec cunctatum apud latera. paulum morae attulere ferrati, restantibus lamminis adversum..."
