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                    "description": "(v. dep.P. a.) : cunctor (in many MSS. and edd. also contor), ātus, 1 (archaic\n* 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.\n* Of personal subjects.\n* 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.\n* 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.\n* 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.\n* 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.\n* 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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