cunctator

cunctātor (cont-), ōris, m. [cunctor],

• one who acts with hesitation or tardiness, a delayer, loiterer, lingerer (not in Cic.); in a bad sense, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 10, 3: cunctato ex acerrimo bellatore factus, Liv. 6, 23, 5.—In a good sense, a considerate or cautious person (magister equitum Fabium) pro cunctatore segnem, pro cauto timidum compellabat, Liv. 22, 12, 12; so with cautus, Tac. H. 2, 25: non cunctator iniqui Labdacus, Stat. Th. 3, 79; cf.: Atheniensium populum celerem et supra vires audacem esse ad conandum, Lacedaemoniorum cunctatorem, Liv. 45, 23, 15.

cunctātor, ōris, m. (cunctor), der Zögerer, Zauderer, sowohl v. Langsamen od. Unschlüssigen als v. Bedachtsamen, nosti Marcellum, quam tardus et parum efficax sit; itemque Servius quam cunctator, Cael. in Cic. ep.: cunctatorem ex acerrimo bellatore factum, Liv.: (Fabium) pro cunctatore segnem, pro cauto timidum compellabat, Liv.: cunctator naturā (von N.), et cui cauta potius consilia cum ratione quam prospera ex casu placerent, Tac. – attrib., Atheniensium populum celerem et supra vires audacem esse ad conandum, Lacedaemoniorum cunctatorem (zum Zaudern geneigt), Liv. 45, 23, 15. – Cunctator Beiname des gegen Hannibal den Oberbefehl führenden Q. Fabius Maximus; vgl. Liv. 30, 26, 9.

1 cūnctātŏr, (14) ōris, m. (cunctor), temporiseur, qui aime à prendre son temps, circonspect, hésitant : Cæl. d. Cic. Fam. 8, 10, 3 ; Liv. 6, 23, 5 ; non cunctator iniqui Stat. Th. 3, 79, prompt à lʼinjustice.

cunctātor (cont-) ōris, m

• cunctor, a delayer, loiterer, lingerer: ex acerrimo bellatore factus, L.: (Fabium) pro cunctatore segnem compellabat, deliberate, L.: naturā, Ta.: populus, L.