cunctans

Latin

Etymology

Present participle of cūnctor.

Participle

cūnctāns (genitive cūnctantis, adverb cūnctanter); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. delaying
  2. hesitating, hesitant
  3. dawdling

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative cūnctāns cūnctantēs cūnctantia
Genitive cūnctantis cūnctantium
Dative cūnctantī cūnctantibus
Accusative cūnctantem cūnctāns cūnctantēs
cūnctantīs		 cūnctantia
Ablative cūnctante
cūnctantī1		 cūnctantibus
Vocative cūnctāns cūnctantēs cūnctantia

1When used purely as an adjective.

References
  • “cunctans”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “cunctans”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cunctans in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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