cunctatio

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Latin

Etymology

From cūnctārī, cūnctor (“to delay, hesitate”) + -tiō +‎ [Term?] +‎ noun forming suffix.

Noun

cūnctātiō f (genitive cūnctātiōnis); third declension

  1. delay, hesitation
  2. inactivity
  3. dawdling

Declension

Third-declension noun.

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.
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