cunctator
Ἡ βουλὴ καὶ ὁ δῆμος ἐτίμησεν... → The Council and the People honored... (inscription in the Roman city of Aizonai)
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.