cunctator
English
Etymology
Latin , literally, “delayer”; applied as a surname to Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus.
Noun
cunctator (plural cunctators)
- One who delays or lingers.
Translations
One who delays or lingers
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Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kuːnkˈtaː.tor/, [kuːŋkˈt̪äːt̪ɔr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kunkˈta.tor/, [kuŋkˈt̪äːt̪or]
Noun
cūnctātor m (genitive cūnctātōris); third declension
- A delayer; a dawdler, slowpoke
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cūnctātor | cūnctātōrēs |
| Genitive | cūnctātōris | cūnctātōrum |
| Dative | cūnctātōrī | cūnctātōribus |
| Accusative | cūnctātōrem | cūnctātōrēs |
| Ablative | cūnctātōre | cūnctātōribus |
| Vocative | cūnctātor | cūnctātōrēs |
Verb
cūnctātor
- 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 Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cunctator.
Noun
cunctator m (plural cunctatori)
- a delayer
Declension
Declension of cunctator
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) cunctator | cunctatorul | (niște) cunctatori | cunctatorii |
| genitive/dative | (unui) cunctator | cunctatorului | (unor) cunctatori | cunctatorilor |
| vocative | cunctatorule | cunctatorilor | ||
References
- cunctator in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN