cunctanter Latin · revision 33951

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=59 BC–17 AD, Livy|origins=ine-pro *ḱonk-(e)ie-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [kuːŋkˈtan.tɛr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [kuŋkˈtan.ter]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''cūnctanter''' (comparative cūnctantius, superlative cūnctantissimē, adjective cūnctāns)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|cūnctāns|-ter|t1=delaying, hesitating]], from the present participle of [[m|la|cūnctor|t=to delay]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010) De Vaan traces that verb to [[itc-pro|*konkito-|t=hanging]] and [[ine-pro|*ḱonk-(e)ie-|t=to hang]], with cognates such as [[hit|kānk-|t=to hang, weigh]] and [[sa|शङ्कते|tr=śáṅkate|t=is afraid]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Livy,^(Köbler 2010) who uses it of cattle driven slowly from the ruins of a village, and of a whetstone cut through without hesitation.^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means with delay or hesitation, slowly.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) Georges distinguishes its use of movement, as in Livy and in Pliny the Younger's panegyric of a hand stretched out slowly and lazily, from its use of action, as in Suetonius, who says that Augustus revealed his horoscope only reluctantly and after hesitation.^(Georges 1913)^(TLL) The TLL finds it often in Tacitus: two men first meet hesitantly and then clasp hands, and Tiberius goes into a house without delay.^(TLL) Augustine uses it of a promise given hesitantly and with a sort of shame.^(TLL) Its comparative is ''cūnctantius''.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy of cattle driven slowly.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus of a hesitant meeting.^(TLL)

+ * c. 75–c. 150 AD – Suetonius of Augustus revealing his horoscope.^(Georges 1913)^(TLL)

+ * 354–430 AD – Augustine of a hesitant promise.^(TLL)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # With delay or [[m|en|hesitation]], hesitantly, slowly, [[m|en|tardily]]; reluctantly.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[cūnctor]]

+ * [[cūnctātiō]]

+ * [[cūnctātor]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}