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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 [[class]].); constr. absol., [[with]] the inf. or a subj.-[[clause]].<br /><b>I</b> Of [[personal]] subjects.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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 />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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 />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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 />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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 />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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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