cunctator

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin cūnctātor (“delayer”); applied as a surname to Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus. === Noun === cunctator (plural cunctators) One who delays or lingers. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kuːŋkˈtaː.tɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kuŋkˈtaː.tor] === Etymology 1 === From cūnctor (“to delay; to hesitate”) + -tor. ==== Noun ==== cūnctātor m (genitive cūnctātōris); third declension delayer; dawdler, slowpoke ===== Declension ===== Third-declension noun. ===== Descendants ===== → English: cunctator → Italian: cuntatore → Romanian: cunctator === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== cūnctātor second/third-person singular future active imperative of cūnctor third-person singular future passive imperative of cūnctō === 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 cūnctator. === Noun === cunctator m (plural cunctatori) a delayer ==== Declension ==== === References === cunctator in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN