cunctatio
Latin
Etymology
From cūnctārī, cūnctor (“to delay, hesitate”) + -tiō + [Term?] + noun forming suffix.
Noun
cūnctātiō f (genitive cūnctātiōnis); third declension
- delay, hesitation
- inactivity
- dawdling
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cūnctātiō | cūnctātiōnēs |
| Genitive | cūnctātiōnis | cūnctātiōnum |
| Dative | cūnctātiōnī | cūnctātiōnibus |
| Accusative | cūnctātiōnem | cūnctātiōnēs |
| Ablative | cūnctātiōne | cūnctātiōnibus |
| Vocative | cūnctātiō | cūnctātiōnēs |
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