cunctatio

Latin

Etymology

From cūnctārī, cūnctor (“to delay, hesitate”) + -tiō.

Noun

cūnctātiō f (genitive cūnctātiōnis); third declension

  1. delay, hesitation
  2. inactivity
  3. dawdling

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative cūnctātiō cūnctātiōnēs
genitive cūnctātiōnis cūnctātiōnum
dative cūnctātiōnī cūnctātiōnibus
accusative cūnctātiōnem cūnctātiōnēs
ablative cūnctātiōne cūnctātiōnibus
vocative cūnctātiō cūnctātiōnēs

References

  • cunctatio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cunctatio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cunctatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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