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cunctation: delay, procrastinate

playing the Fabius Cunctator game

totally cognate with your Polish expression, surely exist in English too.

You Polish people think you are the only ones importing stuff from Latin? :-))

Kunktatorstwo surely is based on the Latin Cunctator, which is drawn from the agnomen of this famous historical character in old Rome

Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus Cunctator (/ˈmæksɪməs/; c. 280 BC – 203 BC) was a Roman politician and general, who was born in Rome around 280 BC and died in Rome in 203 BC. He was a Roman Consul five times (233 BC, 228 BC, 215 BC, 214 BC and 209 BC) and was twice appointed Dictator, in 221 and again in 217 BC. He reached the office of Roman Censor in 230 BC. His agnomen Cunctator (cognate to the English noun cunctation) means "delayer" in Latin, and refers to his tactics in deploying the troops during the Second Punic War. He is widely regarded as the father of guerrilla warfare due to his, at the time, novel strategy of targeting enemy supply lines in light of being largely outnumbered.[1] His cognomen Verrucosus means "warty", a reference to a wart above his upper lip.[2]

[Wikipedia - Fabius Maximus][1]

As to the name:

cunc·ta·tion noun \ˌkəŋ(k)-ˈtā-shən\ plural -s : delay, procrastination

Origin of CUNCTATION

Latin cunctation-, cunctatio, from cunctatus (past participle of cunctari to hesitate) + -ion-, -io -ion — more at 1hang

First Known Use: 1585

Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary

As to the expression, it was commonly used by Churchill (and his son, writing here his biography), and certainly known, e.g., by all those Oxford & Cambridge-educated British people, so strong in Antiquity.

[Winston S. Churchill][2] - Page 865 Randolph S. Churchill - 1969

I have always been in favour of this Fabius Cunctator game as simple, obvious, safe and practical; and I am still.

Now that I've presented you something that is totally cognate with your Polish word, I'll challenge you to be fair and adopt them :-)) [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabius_Maximus [2]: https://books.google.ca/books?id=raRUn2RENdkC&q=%22Cunctator%20game%22&dq=%22Cunctator%20game%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=D6IcVbL4BNGbyATYgIGgCQ&redir_esc=y

cunctation: delay, procrastinate

playing the Fabius Cunctator game

totally cognate with your Polish expression, surely exist in English too.

You Polish people think you are the only ones importing stuff from Latin? :-))

Kunktatorstwo surely is based on the Latin Cunctator, which is drawn from the agnomen of this famous historical character in old Rome

Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus Cunctator (/ˈmæksɪməs/; c. 280 BC – 203 BC) was a Roman politician and general, who was born in Rome around 280 BC and died in Rome in 203 BC. He was a Roman Consul five times (233 BC, 228 BC, 215 BC, 214 BC and 209 BC) and was twice appointed Dictator, in 221 and again in 217 BC. He reached the office of Roman Censor in 230 BC. His agnomen Cunctator (cognate to the English noun cunctation) means "delayer" in Latin, and refers to his tactics in deploying the troops during the Second Punic War. He is widely regarded as the father of guerrilla warfare due to his, at the time, novel strategy of targeting enemy supply lines in light of being largely outnumbered.1 His cognomen Verrucosus means "warty", a reference to a wart above his upper lip.2

Wikipedia - Fabius Maximus

As to the name:

cunc·ta·tion noun \ˌkəŋ(k)-ˈtā-shən\ plural -s : delay, procrastination

Origin of CUNCTATION

Latin cunctation-, cunctatio, from cunctatus (past participle of cunctari to hesitate) + -ion-, -io -ion — more at 1hang

First Known Use: 1585

Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary

As to the expression, it was commonly used by Churchill (and his son, writing here his biography), and certainly known, e.g., by all those Oxford & Cambridge-educated British people, so strong in Antiquity.

Winston S. Churchill - Page 865 Randolph S. Churchill - 1969

I have always been in favour of this Fabius Cunctator game as simple, obvious, safe and practical; and I am still.

Now that I've presented you something that is totally cognate with your Polish word, I'll challenge you to be fair and adopt them :-))

cunctation: delay, procrastinate

playing the Fabius Cunctator game

totally cognate with your Polish expression, surely exist in English too.

You Polish people think you are the only ones importing stuff from Latin? :-))

Kunktatorstwo surely is based on the Latin Cunctator, which is drawn from the agnomen of this famous historical character in old Rome

Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus Cunctator (/ˈmæksɪməs/; c. 280 BC – 203 BC) was a Roman politician and general, who was born in Rome around 280 BC and died in Rome in 203 BC. He was a Roman Consul five times (233 BC, 228 BC, 215 BC, 214 BC and 209 BC) and was twice appointed Dictator, in 221 and again in 217 BC. He reached the office of Roman Censor in 230 BC. His agnomen Cunctator (cognate to the English noun cunctation) means "delayer" in Latin, and refers to his tactics in deploying the troops during the Second Punic War. He is widely regarded as the father of guerrilla warfare due to his, at the time, novel strategy of targeting enemy supply lines in light of being largely outnumbered.[1] His cognomen Verrucosus means "warty", a reference to a wart above his upper lip.[2]

[Wikipedia - Fabius Maximus][1]

As to the name:

cunc·ta·tion noun \ˌkəŋ(k)-ˈtā-shən\ plural -s : delay, procrastination

Origin of CUNCTATION

Latin cunctation-, cunctatio, from cunctatus (past participle of cunctari to hesitate) + -ion-, -io -ion — more at 1hang

First Known Use: 1585

Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary

As to the expression, it was commonly used by Churchill (and his son, writing here his biography), and certainly known by all Oxford & Cambridge-educated British people, so strong in Antiquity.

[Winston S. Churchill][2] - Page 865 Randolph S. Churchill - 1969

I have always been in favour of this Fabius Cunctator game as simple, obvious, safe and practical; and I am still.

Now, that I've presented you something that is totally cognate with your Polish word, I'll challenge you to be fair and adopt them :-)) [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabius_Maximus [2]: https://books.google.ca/books?id=raRUn2RENdkC&q=%22Cunctator%20game%22&dq=%22Cunctator%20game%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=D6IcVbL4BNGbyATYgIGgCQ&redir_esc=y

cunctation: delay, procrastinate

playing the Fabius Cunctator game

totally cognate with your Polish expression, surely exist in English too.

You Polish people think you are the only ones importing stuff from Latin? :-))

Kunktatorstwo surely is based on the Latin Cunctator, which is drawn from the agnomen of this famous historical character in old Rome

Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus Cunctator (/ˈmæksɪməs/; c. 280 BC – 203 BC) was a Roman politician and general, who was born in Rome around 280 BC and died in Rome in 203 BC. He was a Roman Consul five times (233 BC, 228 BC, 215 BC, 214 BC and 209 BC) and was twice appointed Dictator, in 221 and again in 217 BC. He reached the office of Roman Censor in 230 BC. His agnomen Cunctator (cognate to the English noun cunctation) means "delayer" in Latin, and refers to his tactics in deploying the troops during the Second Punic War. He is widely regarded as the father of guerrilla warfare due to his, at the time, novel strategy of targeting enemy supply lines in light of being largely outnumbered.[1] His cognomen Verrucosus means "warty", a reference to a wart above his upper lip.[2]

[Wikipedia - Fabius Maximus][1]

As to the name:

cunc·ta·tion noun \ˌkəŋ(k)-ˈtā-shən\ plural -s : delay, procrastination

Origin of CUNCTATION

Latin cunctation-, cunctatio, from cunctatus (past participle of cunctari to hesitate) + -ion-, -io -ion — more at 1hang

First Known Use: 1585

Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary

As to the expression, it was commonly used by Churchill (and his son, writing here his biography), and certainly known, e.g., by all those Oxford & Cambridge-educated British people, so strong in Antiquity.

[Winston S. Churchill][2] - Page 865 Randolph S. Churchill - 1969

I have always been in favour of this Fabius Cunctator game as simple, obvious, safe and practical; and I am still.

Now that I've presented you something that is totally cognate with your Polish word, I'll challenge you to be fair and adopt them :-)) [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabius_Maximus [2]: https://books.google.ca/books?id=raRUn2RENdkC&q=%22Cunctator%20game%22&dq=%22Cunctator%20game%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=D6IcVbL4BNGbyATYgIGgCQ&redir_esc=y

cunctation: delay, procrastinate

playing the Fabius Cunctator game

You Polish people think you are the only ones importing stuff from Latin? :-))

Kunktatorstwo surely is based on the Latin Cunctator, which is drawn from the agnomen of this famous historical character in old Rome

Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus Cunctator (/ˈmæksɪməs/; c. 280 BC – 203 BC) was a Roman politician and general, who was born in Rome around 280 BC and died in Rome in 203 BC. He was a Roman Consul five times (233 BC, 228 BC, 215 BC, 214 BC and 209 BC) and was twice appointed Dictator, in 221 and again in 217 BC. He reached the office of Roman Censor in 230 BC. His agnomen Cunctator (cognate to the English noun cunctation) means "delayer" in Latin, and refers to his tactics in deploying the troops during the Second Punic War. He is widely regarded as the father of guerrilla warfare due to his, at the time, novel strategy of targeting enemy supply lines in light of being largely outnumbered.1 His cognomen Verrucosus means "warty", a reference to a wart above his upper lip.2

Wikipedia - Fabius Maximus

As to the name:

cunc·ta·tion noun \ˌkəŋ(k)-ˈtā-shən\ plural -s : delay, procrastination

Origin of CUNCTATION

Latin cunctation-, cunctatio, from cunctatus (past participle of cunctari to hesitate) + -ion-, -io -ion — more at 1hang

First Known Use: 1585

Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary

As to the expression, it was commonly used by Churchill (and his son, writing here his biography), and certainly known by all Oxford & Cambridge-educated British people, so strong in Antiquity.

Winston S. Churchill - Page 865 Randolph S. Churchill - 1969

I have always been in favour of this Fabius Cunctator game as simple, obvious, safe and practical; and I am still.

cunctation: delay, procrastinate

playing the Fabius Cunctator game

totally cognate with your Polish expression, surely exist in English too.

You Polish people think you are the only ones importing stuff from Latin? :-))

Kunktatorstwo surely is based on the Latin Cunctator, which is drawn from the agnomen of this famous historical character in old Rome

Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus Cunctator (/ˈmæksɪməs/; c. 280 BC – 203 BC) was a Roman politician and general, who was born in Rome around 280 BC and died in Rome in 203 BC. He was a Roman Consul five times (233 BC, 228 BC, 215 BC, 214 BC and 209 BC) and was twice appointed Dictator, in 221 and again in 217 BC. He reached the office of Roman Censor in 230 BC. His agnomen Cunctator (cognate to the English noun cunctation) means "delayer" in Latin, and refers to his tactics in deploying the troops during the Second Punic War. He is widely regarded as the father of guerrilla warfare due to his, at the time, novel strategy of targeting enemy supply lines in light of being largely outnumbered.[1] His cognomen Verrucosus means "warty", a reference to a wart above his upper lip.[2]

[Wikipedia - Fabius Maximus][1]

As to the name:

cunc·ta·tion noun \ˌkəŋ(k)-ˈtā-shən\ plural -s : delay, procrastination

Origin of CUNCTATION

Latin cunctation-, cunctatio, from cunctatus (past participle of cunctari to hesitate) + -ion-, -io -ion — more at 1hang

First Known Use: 1585

Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary

As to the expression, it was commonly used by Churchill (and his son, writing here his biography), and certainly known by all Oxford & Cambridge-educated British people, so strong in Antiquity.

[Winston S. Churchill][2] - Page 865 Randolph S. Churchill - 1969

I have always been in favour of this Fabius Cunctator game as simple, obvious, safe and practical; and I am still.

Now, that I've presented you something that is totally cognate with your Polish word, I'll challenge you to be fair and adopt them :-)) [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabius_Maximus [2]: https://books.google.ca/books?id=raRUn2RENdkC&q=%22Cunctator%20game%22&dq=%22Cunctator%20game%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=D6IcVbL4BNGbyATYgIGgCQ&redir_esc=y