"praecunctare" meaning in Latin

See praecunctare in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /preɡunˈtare/ Forms: praecūnctāre [canonical]
Etymology: Alteration of Classical Latin percontārī (“to inquire, interrogate”), by contamination with the prefix prae-, as well as the verb cūnctārī (“to delay; to hesitate”). Etymology templates: {{ety|la|:from<text:alteration of>|la:percontārī<ety:af<percontor><-ārī<id:infinitive suffix>>>}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "prick", "children" : [ ], "status" : "redlink", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*ḱent-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "κοντός", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "contus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "is_uncertain" : true, "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" }, { "terms" : [ { "is_duplicate" : true, "children" : [ ], "status" : { "1" : "ine-pro", "id" : "to ask", "pos" : "root" }, "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*preḱ-", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "denom.", "is_uncertain" : true, "keyword_label" : "Denominal verb from", "terms" : [ { "lang_name" : "Latin", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*ḱenk-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*konkitos", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "denominal" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "cū̆nctor", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "is_uncertain" : true, "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "percontor", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }, { "id" : "infinitive suffix", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "dative", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "abstract noun", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-ḗy", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-ēi(s)", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ēs", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ī", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ārī", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "percontārī", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "*praecunctare", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }" data-lang="la" data-title="*praecunctare">, {{m+|la-cla|percontor|percontārī|t=to inquire, interrogate}} Classical Latin percontārī (“to inquire, interrogate”), {{smc|praecunctare}} praecunctare, {{smc|percŏntari}} percŏntari, {{smc|cunctari}} cunctari Head templates: {{head|la|verb|head=*praecūnctāre}} *praecūnctāre, {{tlb|la|PIbR}} (Proto-Ibero-Romance)
  1. to ask Tags: Proto-Ibero-Romance, reconstruction
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