cunctor

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Perhaps a denominative in -ō from an unattested adjective or participle, Proto-Italic *konkitos (“hanging”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱenk- (“to hang”). Alternatively, it may have emerged from a pre-form *cuncitō, itself possibly an iterative from earlier *konk-e/ō-, which may derive from Proto-Indo-European *ḱonk-éye-ti, a causative from the root *ḱenk- (“to hang”). This same causative form may also be the source of Proto-Germanic *hangijaną.

Cognate with English hang.

Pronunciation

Verb

cūnctor (present infinitive cūnctārī or cūnctārier, perfect active cūnctātus sum); first conjugation, deponent, impersonal in the passive

  1. to delay, impede or hold up
    Synonyms: dētineō, supprimō, refrēnō, retineō, moror, obstō, contineō, intersaepiō, arceō, inclūdō
    • c. 4 BCE – 65 CE, Seneca the Younger, De brevitate vitae 9:
      "Quid cunctaris?", inquit, "Quid cessas? Nisi occupas, fugit."
      "Why do you delay," says he, "Why are you idle? Unless you seize the day, it flees."
  2. to hesitate, tarry or linger
    Synonyms: retardō, tardō, moror, dubitō, trahō, differō
    Antonyms: ruō, accurrō, currō, festīnō, prōvolō, properō, corripiō, affluō, mātūrō
  3. to dawdle

Conjugation

   Conjugation of cūnctor (first conjugation, deponent, impersonal in the passive)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present cūnctor cūnctāris,
cūnctāre 		cūnctātur cūnctāmur cūnctāminī cūnctantur
imperfect cūnctābar cūnctābāris,
cūnctābāre 		cūnctābātur cūnctābāmur cūnctābāminī cūnctābantur
future cūnctābor cūnctāberis,
cūnctābere 		cūnctābitur cūnctābimur cūnctābiminī cūnctābuntur
perfect cūnctātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect cūnctātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect cūnctātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present cūncter cūnctēris,
cūnctēre 		cūnctētur cūnctēmur cūnctēminī cūnctentur
imperfect cūnctārer cūnctārēris,
cūnctārēre 		cūnctārētur cūnctārēmur cūnctārēminī cūnctārentur
perfect cūnctātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect cūnctātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — cūnctāre — — cūnctāminī —
future — cūnctātor cūnctātor — — cūnctantor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present cūnctārī,
cūnctārier1 		— cūnctāns —
future cūnctātūrum esse — cūnctātūrus cūnctandum
perfect cūnctātum esse — cūnctātus —
future perfect cūnctātum fore — — —
perfect potential cūnctātūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
cūnctandī cūnctandō cūnctandum cūnctandō cūnctātum cūnctātū

1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.

Derived terms

References

  • “cunctor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “cunctor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “cunctor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • cunctor in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 153
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