cunctator

English

Etymology

Latin , literally, “delayer”; applied as a surname to Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus.

Noun

cunctator (plural cunctators)

  1. One who delays or lingers.

Translations

Latin

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /kuːnkˈtaː.tor/, [kuːŋkˈt̪äːt̪ɔr]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kunkˈta.tor/, [kuŋkˈt̪äːt̪or]

Noun

cūnctātor m (genitive cūnctātōris); third declension

  1. 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

  1. 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)

  1. 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
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