cunctor

Meaning

1. (conjugation-1, deponent) to delay, impede or hold up
2. (conjugation-1, deponent) to hesitate, tarry or linger
3. (conjugation-1, deponent) to dawdle

Concepts

hold up

impede

delay

Opposite of

ruō, accurrō, currō, festīnō, prōvolō, properō, corripiō, affluō, mātūrō

Translations

αμπάρι ανακριτού

εμποδίζω

intralciammo

adiar

aplazar

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈkuːŋk.tɔr]

Etymology

Perhaps a denominative in -ō from an unattested adjective or participle, Proto-Italic *konkitos (“hanging”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱenk- (“to hang”). Alternatively, it may have emerged from a pre-form *cuncitō, itself possibly an iterative from earlier *konk-e/ō-, which may derive from Proto-Indo-European *ḱonk-éye-ti, a causative from the root *ḱenk- (“to hang”). This same causative form may also be the source of Proto-Germanic *hangijaną.
Cognate with English hang.