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|lshtext=<b>cunctātor</b>: (cont-), ōris, m. id.,<br /><b>I</b> one [[who]] acts [[with]] [[hesitation]] or [[tardiness]], a delayer, [[loiterer]], [[lingerer]] (not in Cic.); in a [[bad]] [[sense]], Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 10, 3: cunctato ex acerrimo bellatore [[factus]], Liv. 6, 23, 5.—In a [[good]] [[sense]], a [[considerate]] or [[cautious]] [[person]] ([[magister]] equitum Fabium) pro cunctatore segnem, pro cauto timidum compellabat, Liv. 22, 12, 12; so [[with]] [[cautus]], Tac. H. 2, 25: non [[cunctator]] iniqui [[Labdacus]], Stat. Th. 3, 79; cf.: Atheniensium populum celerem et [[supra]] [[vires]] audacem esse ad conandum, Lacedaemoniorum cunctatorem, Liv. 45, 23, 15.
|lshtext=<b>cunctātor</b>: (cont-), ōris, m. id.,<br /><b>I</b> one [[who]] acts [[with]] [[hesitation]] or [[tardiness]], a delayer, [[loiterer]], [[lingerer]] (not in Cic.); in a [[bad]] [[sense]], Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 10, 3: cunctato ex acerrimo bellatore [[factus]], Liv. 6, 23, 5.—In a [[good]] [[sense]], a [[considerate]] or [[cautious]] [[person]] ([[magister]] equitum Fabium) pro cunctatore segnem, pro cauto timidum compellabat, Liv. 22, 12, 12; so [[with]] [[cautus]], Tac. H. 2, 25: non [[cunctator]] iniqui [[Labdacus]], Stat. Th. 3, 79; cf.: Atheniensium populum celerem et [[supra]] [[vires]] audacem esse ad conandum, Lacedaemoniorum cunctatorem, Liv. 45, 23, 15.
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|gf=(1) <b>cūnctātŏr</b>,¹⁴ ōris, m. ([[cunctor]]), temporiseur, qui aime à prendre son temps, circonspect, hésitant : Cæl. d. Cic. Fam. 8, 10, 3 ; Liv. 6, 23, 5 ; [[non]] [[cunctator]] iniqui Stat. Th. 3, 79, prompt à l’injustice.
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Revision as of 06:50, 14 August 2017

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

cunctātor: (cont-), ōris, m. id.,
I one who acts with hesitation or tardiness, a delayer, loiterer, lingerer (not in Cic.); in a bad sense, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 10, 3: cunctato ex acerrimo bellatore factus, Liv. 6, 23, 5.—In a good sense, a considerate or cautious person (magister equitum Fabium) pro cunctatore segnem, pro cauto timidum compellabat, Liv. 22, 12, 12; so with cautus, Tac. H. 2, 25: non cunctator iniqui Labdacus, Stat. Th. 3, 79; cf.: Atheniensium populum celerem et supra vires audacem esse ad conandum, Lacedaemoniorum cunctatorem, Liv. 45, 23, 15.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

(1) cūnctātŏr,¹⁴ ōris, m. (cunctor), temporiseur, qui aime à prendre son temps, circonspect, hésitant : Cæl. d. Cic. Fam. 8, 10, 3 ; Liv. 6, 23, 5 ; non cunctator iniqui Stat. Th. 3, 79, prompt à l’injustice.