cunctatio

Latin

Etymology

From cū̆nctor (“to delay, hesitate”) +‎ -tiō (noun forming suffix).

Noun

cū̆nctātiō f (genitive cū̆nctātiōnis); third declension

  1. delay, hesitation
    Synonyms: mora, prōlātiō, prōditiō
  2. inactivity
  3. dawdling

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative cū̆nctātiō cū̆nctātiōnēs
genitive cū̆nctātiōnis cū̆nctātiōnum
dative cū̆nctātiōnī cū̆nctātiōnibus
accusative cū̆nctātiōnem cū̆nctātiōnēs
ablative cū̆nctātiōne cū̆nctātiōnibus
vocative cū̆nctātiō cū̆nctātiōnēs

Descendants

  • English: cunctation

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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