cunctatio

Latin

Etymology

From cūnctor (to delay; to hesitate) +‎ -tiō (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

cūnctātiō f (genitive cūnctātiōnis); third declension

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

Declension

Third-declension noun.

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.