cunctamen
Latin
Etymology
From cū̆nctor (“to delay”) + -men (“-ment, -ing, -tion”, noun-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kuːŋkˈtaː.mɛn], [kʊŋkˈtaː.mɛn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kuŋkˈt̪aː.men]
Noun
cū̆nctāmen n (genitive cū̆nctāminis); third declension (Medieval Latin)
- a delaying, hesitating
- delay, hesitation
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cū̆nctāmen | cū̆nctāmina |
| genitive | cū̆nctāminis | cū̆nctāminum |
| dative | cū̆nctāminī | cū̆nctāminibus |
| accusative | cū̆nctāmen | cū̆nctāmina |
| ablative | cū̆nctāmine | cū̆nctāminibus |
| vocative | cū̆nctāmen | cū̆nctāmina |
References
- “cunctamen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “cunctamen”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC