cunctator

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cūnctātor (delayer); applied as a surname to Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus.

Noun

cunctator (plural cunctators)

  1. One who delays or lingers.

Derived terms

Translations

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From cūnctor +‎ -tor.

Noun

cūnctātor m (genitive cūnctātōris); third declension

  1. delayer; dawdler, slowpoke
Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative cūnctātor cūnctātōrēs
genitive cūnctātōris cūnctātōrum
dative cūnctātōrī cūnctātōribus
accusative cūnctātōrem cūnctātōrēs
ablative cūnctātōre cūnctātōribus
vocative cūnctātor cūnctātōrēs

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

cūnctātor

  1. second/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 and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cunctator.

Noun

cunctator m (plural cunctatori)

  1. a delayer

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative cunctator cunctatorul cunctatori cunctatorii
genitive-dative cunctator cunctatorului cunctatori cunctatorilor
vocative cunctatorule cunctatorilor

References

  • cunctator in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN