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|lshtext=<b>cunctor</b>: (in [[many]] MSS. and edd. also [[contor]]), ātus, 1 (archaic<br /><b>I</b> inf. cunctarier, Lucr. 3, 67), v. dep. cf. Sanscr. çank, to be [[anxious]]; Gr. [[ὄκνος]], to [[delay]] [[action]] (from [[deliberation]] or [[indolence]]), to [[linger]], [[loiter]], [[hesitate]], [[doubt]] (freq. and | |lshtext=<b>cunctor</b>: (in [[many]] MSS. and edd. also [[contor]]), ātus, 1 (archaic<br /><b>I</b> inf. cunctarier, Lucr. 3, 67), v. dep. cf. Sanscr. çank, to be [[anxious]]; Gr. [[ὄκνος]], to [[delay]] [[action]] (from [[deliberation]] or [[indolence]]), to [[linger]], [[loiter]], [[hesitate]], [[doubt]] (freq. and class.); constr. absol., [[with]] the inf. or a subj.-[[clause]].<br /><b>I</b> Of [[personal]] subjects.<br /> <b>(a)</b> Absol., so the [[verse]] of [[Ennius]] [[upon]] the [[dictator]] Q. Fab. Maximus [[Cunctator]]: [[unus]] [[homo]] nobis cunctando restituit rem, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 24, 84 (Ann. v. 313 Vahl.; also cited Cic. Sen. 4, 10; id. Att. 2, 19, 2; Liv. 30, 26, 9); imitated by Verg., A. 6, 846, Ov. F. 2, 242 (the [[idea]] contained in cunctando is expressed by sedendo, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 2; cf.: sedendo et cunctando [[bellum]] gerebat, Liv. 22, 24, 10; and by non pugnando, Plin. 22, 5, 5, § 10): [[assequor]] omnia si [[propero]], si [[cunctor]] [[amitto]], Cic. Att. 10, 8, 5: an [[etiam]] [[tunc]] quiesceretis, cunctaremini, timeretis? id. Sest. 38, 81; cf.: ne [[quis]] cesset ... qui [[cunctatus]] fuerit, etc., Liv. 35, 35, 17, and v. [[cesso]]: nostris militibus cunctantibus, Desilite, inquit, etc., Caes. B. G. 4, 25: [[alius]] [[alium]] exspectantes cunctamini, Sall. C. 52, 28; Ov. M. 8, 753 et saep.: in vitā cunctatur et haeret, Lucr. 3, 407; cf. Cic. Tusc. 1, 46, 111: [[inter]] metum et iram [[cunctatus]], Tac. A. 2, 66: [[ille]] [[inter]] pudorem et iram [[cunctatus]], id. ib. 14, 49: cunctante ad ea Mithridate, id. ib. 12, 46: ut ad laborem capessendum [[nihil]] cunctentur, Gell. 2, 29, 12.—Impers. [[pass]].: nec cunctatum [[apud]] latera, Tac. A. 3, 46: non esse cunctandum, Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 5: non cunctandum [[neque]] cessandum esse, Liv. 35, 18, 8.—<br /> <b>(b)</b> With inf.: non est cunctandum profiteri, hunc, etc., Cic. Univ. 3 fin.: utrisque cunctantibus [[periculum]] summae rerum facere, Liv. 25, 39, 18; 31, 7, 5: ne cunctetur [[ipse]] [[propius]] accedere, Sall. C. 44, 6; id. J. 13, 6; Col. 8, 15 fin.; Suet. Caes. 70; id. Vesp. 16: ne cunctaretur Agrippam morte adficere, Tac. A. 1, 6.—<br /> <b>(g)</b> With rel.-[[clause]] ([[rare]]): vos cunctamini [[etiam]] [[nunc]], [[quid]] faciatis? Sall. C. 52, 25: diu [[cunctatus]] an, etc., Suet. Caes. 81; id. Aug. 8: [[primum]] cunctati, utrumne ... an, etc., id. Caes. 80: non cunctandum existimavit [[quin]], etc., Caes. B. G. 3, 23 fin.—<br /><b>II</b> Poet. transf., of things as subjects: tardum cunctatur [[olivum]], runs [[slowly]], Lucr. 2, 392: refrigescit cunctando [[plaga]], id. 4, 703: [[turpis]] [[contemptus]] et acris [[egestas]] ... videntur cunctarier, id. 3, 67; cf.: cunctatur et [[amnis]] Rauca [[sonans]] revocatque pedem [[Tiberinus]] ab [[alto]], Verg. A. 9, 124.—Hence, [[cunctans]], antis, P. a., delaying, [[lingering]], [[dilatory]], [[slow]], [[tardy]].<br /> <b>1</b> Of persons ([[post]]-Aug. and [[rare]]): erat cunctantior cautiorque, Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 6; cf. id. ib. 2, 16, 4: ad dimicandum cunctantior, Suet. Caes. 60; cf.: [[familia]] [[cunctans]] ad [[opera]], Col. 11, 1, 14: naturā ac senectā cunctantior, Tac. H. 3, 4.—With acc. [[respect]].: alternos aegro cunctantem poplite [[gressus]], Val. Fl. 2, 93.—<br /> <b>2</b> Of things, [[tenacious]], [[tough]], [[slow]], resisting, etc. ([[poet]]. and [[rare]]): mellis cunctantior [[actus]], Lucr. 3, 193: corripit [[Aeneas]] [[extemplo]] avidusque refringit Cunctantem (ramum), Verg. A. 6, 211: glaebas cunctantis exspecta, id. G. 2, 236: [[corda]] viri, Val. Fl. 3, 693: ira, Stat. Th. 5, 680.—Adv.: [[cunctanter]], [[slowly]], [[with]] [[delay]] ([[rare]]), Liv. 1, 36, 4; 10, 4, 8; Tac. H. 2, 52 al.—Comp., Suet. Galb. 12; id. Caes. 19; Tac. A. 1, 71. | ||
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|georg=cunctor (in vielen Hdschrn. u. Ausgg. [[auch]] [[contor]]), ātus [[sum]], ārī (vgl. altind. çankate, schwankt, zweifelt, çankā, [[Zweifel]]), an [[sich]] [[halten]], [[zögern]], [[zaudern]], I) eig., in der [[Bewegung]] = [[nicht]] [[vorwärts]] [[gehen]] [[wollen]], zu [[langsam]] [[gehen]], [[zurückbleiben]], [[verweilen]], [[verziehen]], [[huic]] [[quoque]] ›Vade [[procul]]‹...ait; vimque minis addit, manibusque expellere tentat cunctantem, Ov.: ut [[custos]] [[neque]] tardiores (oves), [[dum]] cunctantur, [[neque]] agiles, [[dum]] procurrunt, separari a ceteris sinat, Col. – c. in [[vita]] et haerere, Lucr.: c. [[diutius]] in [[vita]], Cic.: [[regina]] thalamo (im G.) [[cunctans]], Verg. – [[cunctans]] ad ascensum [[miles]], [[Flor]]. 4, 12, 7: ad [[medium]] cunctamur [[iter]], Val. Flacc. 3, 656. – v. lebl Subjj., cunctatur et [[amnis]] [[rauca]] [[sonans]] revocatque pedem [[Tiberinus]] ab [[alto]], Verg. Aen. 9, 124 sq.: tardum cunctatur [[olivum]], tröpfelt [[nur]] [[langsam]], Lucr. 2, 392.<br />'''II)''' im [[Handeln]] [[zögern]], [[zaudern]], sowohl v. Langsamen od. Unschlüssigen [[als]] [[von]] Bedächtigen, dah. zuw. = [[anstehen]], [[Anstand]] [[nehmen]] (Ggstz. properare, conari, exsultare u. dgl.), [[assequor]] [[omnia]], si [[propero]]; si [[cunctor]], [[amitto]], Cic.: alterum exsultantem verborum audaciā (wortkühnen Sprudelgeist) reprimebat, alterum cunctantem et [[quasi]] verecundantem (blöden [[Zauderer]]) incitabat, Cic.: [[sed]] [[imperium]] [[quam]] [[consilium]] segnius fuit; [[dum]] cunctantur, [[iam]] [[praeda]] militum erat, Liv.: an cuncter et tergiverser? Cic.: [[tantum]] [[non]] cessandum [[nec]] cunctandum, Liv.: [[quid]] cunctaris? [[quid]] cessas? [[nisi]] occupas (diem), fugit, Sen.: [[cur]] [[ego]] [[cunctor]]? Plin. ep.: [[unus]] [[homo]] [[nobis]] cunctando restituit rem, Enn.: sedendo et cunctando [[bellum]] gerebat, Liv.: cunctando extraxerat diem, Liv.: [[ceterum]] [[dolo]] an [[vere]] [[cunctatus]] (sit), [[parum]] comperimus, Sall.: [[cunctatus]] [[paulum]]...[[inquam]], Plin. ep.: [[nihil]] [[cunctatus]], [[ohne]] [[Zaudern]], Suet. – m. [[inter]] u. Akk., [[inter]] metum et iram od. [[inter]] pudorem et iram [[cunctatus]], [[schwankend]], Tac. ann. 12, 66 u. 14, 49. – m. ad u. Akk., cunctante ad ea Mithridate... [[Casperius]] [[interim]] ad Pharasmanen pervadit, Tac. ann. 12, 46: ut ad laborem capessendum [[nihil]] cunctentur, [[sich]] [[ungesäumt]] [[einer]] A. unterzögen, Gell. 2, 29, 12. – m. in u. Abl. Gerund., cunctarer in proferendo ex his [[remedio]], ni etc., Plin. 29, 65. – m. [[super]] u. Abl., [[cunctans]] [[super]] tanta re [[Flavius]] [[Sabinus]], Tac. hist. 2, 63. – m. folg. Infin., [[quam]] ob causam [[non]] est cunctandum profiteri [[hunc]] [[mundum]] [[animal]] [[esse]], Cic.: in urbe parata [[esse]], [[quae]] iusserit, ne cunctetur [[ipse]] [[propius]] accedere, Sall.: cunctantes [[arma]] capere increpabat, [[quid]] cessarent tergiversarenturque, Liv. – m. folg. indir. Fragesatz, cunctantibus conspiratis, [[quando]] et [[quomodo]], id est lavantemne an cenantem aggrederentur, Suet.: [[vos]] cunctamini [[etiam]] [[nunc]] et dubitatis, [[quid]] [[intra]] [[moenia]] deprehensis hostibus ([[mit]] den ergr. F.) faciatis? Sall.: [[diu]] cunctati, [[utrum]] illum ponte deicerent...an in [[sacra]] [[via]] adorirentur, Suet.: [[cunctatus]] [[paulo]], an [[retro]] flecteret, Plin. ep. – u. [[non]] [[cunctor]] m. folg. [[quin]] u. Konj., [[non]] cunctandum existimavit, [[quin]] pugnā decertaret, Caes.: [[neque]] cunctatur, [[quin]] [[primas]] praefecturas corripiat, Tac.: consuli [[nihil]] cunctandum [[visum]], [[quin]] [[Lilybaeum]] classe peteret, Liv. – / [[cunctor]] [[passiv]] u. [[zwar]] unpers., [[nec]] cunctatum [[apud]] latera, [[auch]] [[auf]] den Flanken zauderte [[man]] [[nicht]] ([[mit]] dem [[Angriff]]), Tac. ann. 3, 46. – Aktive Nbf. [[cuncto]], āvī, āre, Enn. scen. 179 u. 368 (Ggstz. [[festino]]) Plaut. Casin. 793: m. folg. Infin., Acc. tr. 72. Apul. de deo Socr. 2. – Parag. Infin. cunctarier, Lucr. 3, 67. | |georg=cunctor (in vielen Hdschrn. u. Ausgg. [[auch]] [[contor]]), ātus [[sum]], ārī (vgl. altind. çankate, schwankt, zweifelt, çankā, [[Zweifel]]), an [[sich]] [[halten]], [[zögern]], [[zaudern]], I) eig., in der [[Bewegung]] = [[nicht]] [[vorwärts]] [[gehen]] [[wollen]], zu [[langsam]] [[gehen]], [[zurückbleiben]], [[verweilen]], [[verziehen]], [[huic]] [[quoque]] ›Vade [[procul]]‹...ait; vimque minis addit, manibusque expellere tentat cunctantem, Ov.: ut [[custos]] [[neque]] tardiores (oves), [[dum]] cunctantur, [[neque]] agiles, [[dum]] procurrunt, separari a ceteris sinat, Col. – c. in [[vita]] et haerere, Lucr.: c. [[diutius]] in [[vita]], Cic.: [[regina]] thalamo (im G.) [[cunctans]], Verg. – [[cunctans]] ad ascensum [[miles]], [[Flor]]. 4, 12, 7: ad [[medium]] cunctamur [[iter]], Val. Flacc. 3, 656. – v. lebl Subjj., cunctatur et [[amnis]] [[rauca]] [[sonans]] revocatque pedem [[Tiberinus]] ab [[alto]], Verg. Aen. 9, 124 sq.: tardum cunctatur [[olivum]], tröpfelt [[nur]] [[langsam]], Lucr. 2, 392.<br />'''II)''' im [[Handeln]] [[zögern]], [[zaudern]], sowohl v. Langsamen od. Unschlüssigen [[als]] [[von]] Bedächtigen, dah. zuw. = [[anstehen]], [[Anstand]] [[nehmen]] (Ggstz. properare, conari, exsultare u. dgl.), [[assequor]] [[omnia]], si [[propero]]; si [[cunctor]], [[amitto]], Cic.: alterum exsultantem verborum audaciā (wortkühnen Sprudelgeist) reprimebat, alterum cunctantem et [[quasi]] verecundantem (blöden [[Zauderer]]) incitabat, Cic.: [[sed]] [[imperium]] [[quam]] [[consilium]] segnius fuit; [[dum]] cunctantur, [[iam]] [[praeda]] militum erat, Liv.: an cuncter et tergiverser? Cic.: [[tantum]] [[non]] cessandum [[nec]] cunctandum, Liv.: [[quid]] cunctaris? [[quid]] cessas? [[nisi]] occupas (diem), fugit, Sen.: [[cur]] [[ego]] [[cunctor]]? Plin. ep.: [[unus]] [[homo]] [[nobis]] cunctando restituit rem, Enn.: sedendo et cunctando [[bellum]] gerebat, Liv.: cunctando extraxerat diem, Liv.: [[ceterum]] [[dolo]] an [[vere]] [[cunctatus]] (sit), [[parum]] comperimus, Sall.: [[cunctatus]] [[paulum]]...[[inquam]], Plin. ep.: [[nihil]] [[cunctatus]], [[ohne]] [[Zaudern]], Suet. – m. [[inter]] u. Akk., [[inter]] metum et iram od. [[inter]] pudorem et iram [[cunctatus]], [[schwankend]], Tac. ann. 12, 66 u. 14, 49. – m. ad u. Akk., cunctante ad ea Mithridate... [[Casperius]] [[interim]] ad Pharasmanen pervadit, Tac. ann. 12, 46: ut ad laborem capessendum [[nihil]] cunctentur, [[sich]] [[ungesäumt]] [[einer]] A. unterzögen, Gell. 2, 29, 12. – m. in u. Abl. Gerund., cunctarer in proferendo ex his [[remedio]], ni etc., Plin. 29, 65. – m. [[super]] u. Abl., [[cunctans]] [[super]] tanta re [[Flavius]] [[Sabinus]], Tac. hist. 2, 63. – m. folg. Infin., [[quam]] ob causam [[non]] est cunctandum profiteri [[hunc]] [[mundum]] [[animal]] [[esse]], Cic.: in urbe parata [[esse]], [[quae]] iusserit, ne cunctetur [[ipse]] [[propius]] accedere, Sall.: cunctantes [[arma]] capere increpabat, [[quid]] cessarent tergiversarenturque, Liv. – m. folg. indir. Fragesatz, cunctantibus conspiratis, [[quando]] et [[quomodo]], id est lavantemne an cenantem aggrederentur, Suet.: [[vos]] cunctamini [[etiam]] [[nunc]] et dubitatis, [[quid]] [[intra]] [[moenia]] deprehensis hostibus ([[mit]] den ergr. F.) faciatis? Sall.: [[diu]] cunctati, [[utrum]] illum ponte deicerent...an in [[sacra]] [[via]] adorirentur, Suet.: [[cunctatus]] [[paulo]], an [[retro]] flecteret, Plin. ep. – u. [[non]] [[cunctor]] m. folg. [[quin]] u. Konj., [[non]] cunctandum existimavit, [[quin]] pugnā decertaret, Caes.: [[neque]] cunctatur, [[quin]] [[primas]] praefecturas corripiat, Tac.: consuli [[nihil]] cunctandum [[visum]], [[quin]] [[Lilybaeum]] classe peteret, Liv. – / [[cunctor]] [[passiv]] u. [[zwar]] unpers., [[nec]] cunctatum [[apud]] latera, [[auch]] [[auf]] den Flanken zauderte [[man]] [[nicht]] ([[mit]] dem [[Angriff]]), Tac. ann. 3, 46. – Aktive Nbf. [[cuncto]], āvī, āre, Enn. scen. 179 u. 368 (Ggstz. [[festino]]) Plaut. Casin. 793: m. folg. Infin., Acc. tr. 72. Apul. de deo Socr. 2. – Parag. Infin. cunctarier, Lucr. 3, 67. | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:49, 6 November 2024
Latin > English
cunctor cunctari, cunctatus sum V DEP :: delay, impede, hold up; hesitate, tarry, linger; be slow to act; dawdle; doubt
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
cunctor: (in many MSS. and edd. also contor), ātus, 1 (archaic
I inf. cunctarier, Lucr. 3, 67), v. dep. cf. Sanscr. çank, to be anxious; Gr. ὄκνος, to delay action (from deliberation or indolence), to linger, loiter, hesitate, doubt (freq. and class.); constr. absol., with the inf. or a subj.-clause.
I Of personal subjects.
(a) Absol., so the verse of Ennius upon the dictator Q. Fab. Maximus Cunctator: unus homo nobis cunctando restituit rem, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 24, 84 (Ann. v. 313 Vahl.; also cited Cic. Sen. 4, 10; id. Att. 2, 19, 2; Liv. 30, 26, 9); imitated by Verg., A. 6, 846, Ov. F. 2, 242 (the idea contained in cunctando is expressed by sedendo, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 2; cf.: sedendo et cunctando bellum gerebat, Liv. 22, 24, 10; and by non pugnando, Plin. 22, 5, 5, § 10): assequor omnia si propero, si cunctor amitto, Cic. Att. 10, 8, 5: an etiam tunc quiesceretis, cunctaremini, timeretis? id. Sest. 38, 81; cf.: ne quis cesset ... qui cunctatus fuerit, etc., Liv. 35, 35, 17, and v. cesso: nostris militibus cunctantibus, Desilite, inquit, etc., Caes. B. G. 4, 25: alius alium exspectantes cunctamini, Sall. C. 52, 28; Ov. M. 8, 753 et saep.: in vitā cunctatur et haeret, Lucr. 3, 407; cf. Cic. Tusc. 1, 46, 111: inter metum et iram cunctatus, Tac. A. 2, 66: ille inter pudorem et iram cunctatus, id. ib. 14, 49: cunctante ad ea Mithridate, id. ib. 12, 46: ut ad laborem capessendum nihil cunctentur, Gell. 2, 29, 12.—Impers. pass.: nec cunctatum apud latera, Tac. A. 3, 46: non esse cunctandum, Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 5: non cunctandum neque cessandum esse, Liv. 35, 18, 8.—
(b) With inf.: non est cunctandum profiteri, hunc, etc., Cic. Univ. 3 fin.: utrisque cunctantibus periculum summae rerum facere, Liv. 25, 39, 18; 31, 7, 5: ne cunctetur ipse propius accedere, Sall. C. 44, 6; id. J. 13, 6; Col. 8, 15 fin.; Suet. Caes. 70; id. Vesp. 16: ne cunctaretur Agrippam morte adficere, Tac. A. 1, 6.—
(g) With rel.-clause (rare): vos cunctamini etiam nunc, quid faciatis? Sall. C. 52, 25: diu cunctatus an, etc., Suet. Caes. 81; id. Aug. 8: primum cunctati, utrumne ... an, etc., id. Caes. 80: non cunctandum existimavit quin, etc., Caes. B. G. 3, 23 fin.—
II Poet. transf., of things as subjects: tardum cunctatur olivum, runs slowly, Lucr. 2, 392: refrigescit cunctando plaga, id. 4, 703: turpis contemptus et acris egestas ... videntur cunctarier, id. 3, 67; cf.: cunctatur et amnis Rauca sonans revocatque pedem Tiberinus ab alto, Verg. A. 9, 124.—Hence, cunctans, antis, P. a., delaying, lingering, dilatory, slow, tardy.
1 Of persons (post-Aug. and rare): erat cunctantior cautiorque, Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 6; cf. id. ib. 2, 16, 4: ad dimicandum cunctantior, Suet. Caes. 60; cf.: familia cunctans ad opera, Col. 11, 1, 14: naturā ac senectā cunctantior, Tac. H. 3, 4.—With acc. respect.: alternos aegro cunctantem poplite gressus, Val. Fl. 2, 93.—
2 Of things, tenacious, tough, slow, resisting, etc. (poet. and rare): mellis cunctantior actus, Lucr. 3, 193: corripit Aeneas extemplo avidusque refringit Cunctantem (ramum), Verg. A. 6, 211: glaebas cunctantis exspecta, id. G. 2, 236: corda viri, Val. Fl. 3, 693: ira, Stat. Th. 5, 680.—Adv.: cunctanter, slowly, with delay (rare), Liv. 1, 36, 4; 10, 4, 8; Tac. H. 2, 52 al.—Comp., Suet. Galb. 12; id. Caes. 19; Tac. A. 1, 71.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
cūnctor,⁹ ātus sum, ārī, intr., temporiser, tarder, hésiter, balancer : cunctando bellum gerebat Liv. 21, 24, 10, il faisait la guerre en temporisant ; non est cunctandum profiteri Cic. Tim. 3, il faut reconnaître sans hésiter ; non cunctandum existimavit quin... Cæs. G. 3, 23, 7, il pensa qu’il ne fallait pas hésiter à... || séjourner, s’arrêter : diutius in vita Cic. Tusc. 1, 111, prolonger son existence || [poét.] cunctatur olivum Lucr. 2, 392, l’huile coule lentement. sens pass., v. cuncto.
Latin > German (Georges)
cunctor (in vielen Hdschrn. u. Ausgg. auch contor), ātus sum, ārī (vgl. altind. çankate, schwankt, zweifelt, çankā, Zweifel), an sich halten, zögern, zaudern, I) eig., in der Bewegung = nicht vorwärts gehen wollen, zu langsam gehen, zurückbleiben, verweilen, verziehen, huic quoque ›Vade procul‹...ait; vimque minis addit, manibusque expellere tentat cunctantem, Ov.: ut custos neque tardiores (oves), dum cunctantur, neque agiles, dum procurrunt, separari a ceteris sinat, Col. – c. in vita et haerere, Lucr.: c. diutius in vita, Cic.: regina thalamo (im G.) cunctans, Verg. – cunctans ad ascensum miles, Flor. 4, 12, 7: ad medium cunctamur iter, Val. Flacc. 3, 656. – v. lebl Subjj., cunctatur et amnis rauca sonans revocatque pedem Tiberinus ab alto, Verg. Aen. 9, 124 sq.: tardum cunctatur olivum, tröpfelt nur langsam, Lucr. 2, 392.
II) im Handeln zögern, zaudern, sowohl v. Langsamen od. Unschlüssigen als von Bedächtigen, dah. zuw. = anstehen, Anstand nehmen (Ggstz. properare, conari, exsultare u. dgl.), assequor omnia, si propero; si cunctor, amitto, Cic.: alterum exsultantem verborum audaciā (wortkühnen Sprudelgeist) reprimebat, alterum cunctantem et quasi verecundantem (blöden Zauderer) incitabat, Cic.: sed imperium quam consilium segnius fuit; dum cunctantur, iam praeda militum erat, Liv.: an cuncter et tergiverser? Cic.: tantum non cessandum nec cunctandum, Liv.: quid cunctaris? quid cessas? nisi occupas (diem), fugit, Sen.: cur ego cunctor? Plin. ep.: unus homo nobis cunctando restituit rem, Enn.: sedendo et cunctando bellum gerebat, Liv.: cunctando extraxerat diem, Liv.: ceterum dolo an vere cunctatus (sit), parum comperimus, Sall.: cunctatus paulum...inquam, Plin. ep.: nihil cunctatus, ohne Zaudern, Suet. – m. inter u. Akk., inter metum et iram od. inter pudorem et iram cunctatus, schwankend, Tac. ann. 12, 66 u. 14, 49. – m. ad u. Akk., cunctante ad ea Mithridate... Casperius interim ad Pharasmanen pervadit, Tac. ann. 12, 46: ut ad laborem capessendum nihil cunctentur, sich ungesäumt einer A. unterzögen, Gell. 2, 29, 12. – m. in u. Abl. Gerund., cunctarer in proferendo ex his remedio, ni etc., Plin. 29, 65. – m. super u. Abl., cunctans super tanta re Flavius Sabinus, Tac. hist. 2, 63. – m. folg. Infin., quam ob causam non est cunctandum profiteri hunc mundum animal esse, Cic.: in urbe parata esse, quae iusserit, ne cunctetur ipse propius accedere, Sall.: cunctantes arma capere increpabat, quid cessarent tergiversarenturque, Liv. – m. folg. indir. Fragesatz, cunctantibus conspiratis, quando et quomodo, id est lavantemne an cenantem aggrederentur, Suet.: vos cunctamini etiam nunc et dubitatis, quid intra moenia deprehensis hostibus (mit den ergr. F.) faciatis? Sall.: diu cunctati, utrum illum ponte deicerent...an in sacra via adorirentur, Suet.: cunctatus paulo, an retro flecteret, Plin. ep. – u. non cunctor m. folg. quin u. Konj., non cunctandum existimavit, quin pugnā decertaret, Caes.: neque cunctatur, quin primas praefecturas corripiat, Tac.: consuli nihil cunctandum visum, quin Lilybaeum classe peteret, Liv. – / cunctor passiv u. zwar unpers., nec cunctatum apud latera, auch auf den Flanken zauderte man nicht (mit dem Angriff), Tac. ann. 3, 46. – Aktive Nbf. cuncto, āvī, āre, Enn. scen. 179 u. 368 (Ggstz. festino) Plaut. Casin. 793: m. folg. Infin., Acc. tr. 72. Apul. de deo Socr. 2. – Parag. Infin. cunctarier, Lucr. 3, 67.
