cunctans

Latin

Etymology

Present participle of cūnctor.

Participle

cūnctāns (genitive cūnctantis, adverb cūnctanter); third-declension one-termination participle

1. delaying
2. hesitating, hesitant
3. dawdling

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	cūnctāns			cūnctantēs	cūnctantia
Genitive	cūnctantis			cūnctantium
Dative	cūnctantī			cūnctantibus
Accusative	cūnctantem	cūnctāns		cūnctantēs cūnctantīs	cūnctantia
Ablative	cūnctante cūnctantī1			cūnctantibus
Vocative	cūnctāns			cūnctantēs	cūnctantia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

References

• “cunctans”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “cunctans”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cunctans in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.