cunctator

English

Etymology

Latin , literally "delayer"; applied as a surname to Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus.

Noun

cunctator (plural cunctators)

  1. One who delays or lingers.

Translations

Latin

Noun

cūnctātor m (genitive cūnctātōris); third declension

  1. A delayer; a dawdler, slowpoke

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cūnctātor cūnctātōrēs
Genitive cūnctātōris cūnctātōrum
Dative cūnctātōrī cūnctātōribus
Accusative cūnctātōrem cūnctātōrēs
Ablative cūnctātōre cūnctātōribus
Vocative cūnctātor cūnctātōrēs

Verb

cūnctātor

  1. second-person singular future active imperative of cūnctor
  2. third-person singular future active imperative of cūnctor

References
  • cunctator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cunctator in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cunctator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • cunctator in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cunctator in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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