cunctor
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cunctor (vai alla coniugazione) prima coniugazione, deponente (paradigma: cunctor, cunctāris, cunctātus sum, cunctātum, cunctari)
- tardare, ritardare, perdere tempo
- esitare, temporeggiare, indugiare
- (Quintus Fabius Maximus) cunctando restituit rem - (Quinto Fabio Massimo) temporeggiando ripristinò lo Stato (Ennio)
- (pronuncia classica) IPA: /ˈkunk.tor/
probabilmente da un antico aggettivo, oggi perduto; derivato dalla radice proto-italica *konkitos ("appeso"), a sua volta derivata dalla radice proto-indoeuropea *ḱenk- ("appendere")
- Enrico Olivetti, Dizionario Latino Olivetti edizione on line su www.dizionario-latino.com, Olivetti Media Communication
- Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, lemma cunctor (edizione online sul portale del Progetto Perseus)