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Meaning of cunctans | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2
[ˈkuːŋk.tãːs]

Definitions

  1. delaying
    declension-3, form-of, one-termination, participle, present
  2. hesitating, tarrying, lingering
    declension-3, form-of, one-termination, participle, present
  3. dawdling
    declension-3, form-of, one-termination, participle, present

Equivalents

Čeština váhavý
Deutsch zögerlich
Ελληνικά διστακτικός
English Hesitant
Español dubitativo indeciso inseguro irresoluto titubeante vacilante
Suomi epäröivä
Français hésitant hésitant
हिन्दी संकोची
Íslenska efablandinn óákveðinn
Italiano esitante titubante
Latina haesitans
Nederlands aarzelend schoorvoetend weifelend
Português hesitante
Русский неуверен
Svenska ambivalent kluven obeslutsam tvehågsen tveksam vankelmodig velig villrådig
Tagalog nag-aalinlangan

Examples

“Rēgīnam thalamō cūnctantem ad līmina prīmī Poenōrum exspectant, …. The queen [yet] lingers in her bedchamber; at the palace doors, the first-men of Carthage await her, …. (Poenorum = Karthaginis.)”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

cunctant cunctante cunctantem cunctantes cunctanti cunctantia

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