Lewis Short
dīlātĭo (noun F) : differo, B. 3.
* A putting off, delaying, deferring (good prose).
* With gen.: temporis,Cic. Phil. 3, 1, 2: comitiorum,id. de Imp. Pomp. 1, 2: belli,Liv. 9, 43; 45: foederis,id. 9, 5: exitii,Tac. A. 6, 4 fin. al.
* The interval: spatiosa, Apul. M. 11, p. 262, 28.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary