cuncter
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. subj. 1st - 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. subj. 1st
Examples
Liber VI
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...animam labefactant sedibus intus. denique si calidis etiam cunctere lavabris plenior et lueris, solio ferventis aquai quam facile..."Phaedra
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...ignes ire et infesta agmina, cuncter paratis ensibus pectus dare. mandata recipe sceptra, me famulam accipe: [te imperia..."
