cunctanter
Δελφῖνα νήχεσθαι διδάσκεις: ἐπὶ τῶν ἐν ἐκείνοις τινὰ παιδοτριβούντων, ἐν οἷς ἤσκηται → Teaching dolphins to swim: is applied to those who are teaching something among people who are already well versed in it
Latin > English
cunctanter cunctius, cunctissime ADV :: hesitantly, slowly, with delay/hesitation; tardily; stubbornly
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
cunctanter: (cont-), adv., v. cunctor, P. a., 2.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
cūnctantĕr¹² (cunctans), en tardant, lentement, avec hésitation : haud cunctanter Liv. 1, 36, 4, sans hésiter || -tius Suet. Galba 12, 1.
Latin > German (Georges)
cunctanter, Adv. m. Compar. (cunctans), zögernd, zaudernd, sowohl v. Langsamen od. Unentschlossenen als v. Bedächtigen, a) in der Bewegung: c. ab ruinis vici pecus propellere, Liv.: manum c. et pigre proferre, Plin. pan. – b) im Handeln: genituram suam vix et c. edere, Suet.: haud c. discidere cotem, Liv.: cunctantius confirmare acta Caesaris, Suet.
Latin > Chinese
cunctanter. adv. c. :: 慢然
