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cunctor
cunctor
Latin
Alternative forms
- cunctō
- contor
Verb
cunctor (present infinitive cunctārī, perfect active cunctātus sum); first conjugation, deponent
- I delay, impede or hold up
- c. 4 BCE – 65 CE, Seneca the Younger, De brevitate vitae 9
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"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."
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"Quid cunctaris?", inquit, "Quid cessas? Nisi occupas, fugit."
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- I hesitate, tarry or linger
- I dawdle
Inflection
| Conjugation of cunctor (first conjugation, deponent) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | cunctor | cunctāris, cunctāre | cunctātur | cunctāmur | cunctāminī | cunctantur |
| imperfect | cunctābar | cunctābāris, cunctābāre | cunctābātur | cunctābāmur | cunctābāminī | cunctābantur | |
| future | cunctābor | cunctāberis, cunctābere | cunctābitur | cunctābimur | cunctābiminī | cunctābuntur | |
| perfect | cunctātus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | cunctātus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | cunctātus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | cuncter | cunctēris, cunctēre | cunctētur | cunctēmur | cunctēminī | cunctentur |
| imperfect | cunctārer | cunctārēris, cunctārēre | cunctārētur | cunctārēmur | cunctārēminī | cunctārentur | |
| perfect | cunctātus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | cunctātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | cunctāre | — | — | cunctāminī | — |
| future | — | cunctātor | cunctātor | — | — | cunctantor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | cunctārī | cunctātus esse | cunctātūrus esse | — | — | — | |
| participles | cunctāns | cunctātus | cunctātūrus | — | — | cunctandus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| nominative | genitive | dative/ablative | accusative | accusative | ablative | ||
| cunctārī | cunctandī | cunctandō | cunctandum | cunctātum | cunctātū | ||
Derived terms
Terms derived from cunctor
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
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “cunctor”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- cunctor in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016