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* V. dep. n. [μωρός], to be foolish, be a fool (post-Aug.), in the lusus verbb.: morari eum (Claudium) inter homines desiisse, productā primā syllabā, jocabatur,Suet. Ner. 33.
* V. dep. n. [μωρός], to be foolish, be a fool (post-Aug.), in the lusus verbb.: morari eum (Claudium) inter homines desiisse, productā primā syllabā, jocabatur,Suet. Ner. 33.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
Lewis Short
mŏror, ātus, 1
* V. dep. n. and a. [mora].
* Neutr., to delay, tarry, stay, wait, remain, linger, loiter (syn.: cesso, cunctor, haesito; class.); eamus ergo ad cenam: quid stas? Thr. Ubi vis: non moror,i. e. I have no objection,Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 6: Lucceius narravit, Brutum valde morari, non tergiversantem, sed exspectantem, si qui forte casus, etc.,Cic. Att. 16, 5, 3: quid moror?Hor. C. 2, 17, 6: quid multis moror?why do I linger long? why make a long story of it?Ter. And. 1, 1, 87: ne multis morer,to be brief, in short,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 46, § 104: paulum morandum in his intervallis,Quint. 11, 3, 39: quod adhuc Brundisii moratus es,have tarried, remained,Cic. Fam. 15, 17, 2: in provinciā,id. Att. 7, 1, 5: haud multa moratus,i. e. without delaying long,Verg. A. 3, 610: nec plura moratus,without tarrying any longer,id. ib. 5, 381: rosa quo locorum Sera moretur,may linger, may be,Hor. C. 1, 38, 3: Corycia semper qui puppe moraris,Juv. 14, 267.—With cum: ubi, et cum quibus moreris,stay, reside,Sen. Ep. 32, 1.—With quin: nec morati sunt quin decurrerent ad castra,Liv. 40, 31, 8.—In the part. perf. subst.: ad sexcentos moratorum in citeriore ripā cepit,Liv. 21, 47, 3; 21, 48, 6; cf.: ad duo milia aut moratorum aut palantium per agros interfecta,id. 24, 41, 4; v. Drakenb. ad h. 1.
* Act., to delay, retard, detain, cause to wait, hinder: ne affinem morer, Quin, etc.,delay,Plaut. Aul. 4, 2, 5: argentum non morabor quin feras,id. As. 2, 2, 88: morari ac sustinere impetum hostium,Caes. B. C. 2, 26: conanti dexteram manum,id. ib. 5, 44, 8: eum,Cic. Fam. 6, 20, 28: iter,Caes. B. G. 7, 40: naves,Plin. 9, 25, 41, § 80: morari ab itinere proposito hostem,Liv. 23, 28, 9: morantur pauci Ridiculum et fugientem ex urbe pudorem,Juv. 11, 54.
* To fix the attention of, to delight, amuse, entertain: morata recte Fabula Valdius oblectat, populum meliusque moratur, Quam, etc., delays, i. e. entertains, Hor. A. P. 321: carmina, quae possint oculos auresque morari Caesaris,arrest,id. Ep. 1, 13, 17: tardior stilus cogitationem moratur,Quint. 1, 1, 28: profecto non plus biduum aut—Ph. Aut? nihil moror, I will wait no longer, will bear no delay, Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 104: egomet convivas moror,keep them waiting,Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 120.
* In partic.: nihil morari aliquem, not to detain a person, to let him go, to dismiss. Thus the consul said when he dismissed the Senate: Nihil amplius vos moramur,I will detain you no longer, you are dismissed,Capitol. M. Aurel. 10. This is the customary formula for abandoning an accusation and dismissing an accused person: C. Sempronium nihil moror,i. e. I withdraw my accusation against,Liv. 4, 42, 8: cum se nihil morari magistrum equitum pronuntiasset,id. 8, 35, 8: negavit, se Gracchum morari,id. 43, 16, 16.—Hence
* Trop.: nihil morari (with acc., an object-clause, or quo minus), to let a thing go, i. e. not to value or regard, to care nothing about it, to have nothing to say against it, etc.: nam vina nihil moror illius orae,care nothing for it, am not fond of it,Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 16: officium,id. ib. 2, 1, 264: nec dona moror,Verg. A. 5, 400: nil ego istos moror faeceos mores,Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 18 Brix ad loc.—With object-clauses: alieno uti nihil moror,I do not want to,Plaut. Capt. prol. 16: nihil moror, eos salvos esse, et ire quo jubetis, am not opposed to it, have nothing to say against it, Ant. ap. Cic. Phil. 13, 17, 35: nil moror eum tibi esse amicum,Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 56.— With quominus: nihil ego quidem moror, quominus decemviratu abeam,I do not hesitate to, I will immediately,Liv. 3, 54, 4. —Hence, * mŏrātē, adv., lingeringly, slowly: moratius,Sen. Q. N. 6, 14, 3.!*?
* Act. collat. form mŏro, āre: quid moras? Naev. ap. Diom. p. 395 P.: morares Enn. ib.: moraret, Pac. ib. (cf. Enn. p. 154, v. 11 Vahl.; Trag. Rel. p. 82 Rib.; Com. Rel. p. 16 ib.).
* Pass. impers.: ita diu, ut plus biennium in his tricis moretur, be spent, lost, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 5, 2.
* V. dep. n. and a. [mora].
* Neutr., to delay, tarry, stay, wait, remain, linger, loiter (syn.: cesso, cunctor, haesito; class.); eamus ergo ad cenam: quid stas? Thr. Ubi vis: non moror,i. e. I have no objection,Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 6: Lucceius narravit, Brutum valde morari, non tergiversantem, sed exspectantem, si qui forte casus, etc.,Cic. Att. 16, 5, 3: quid moror?Hor. C. 2, 17, 6: quid multis moror?why do I linger long? why make a long story of it?Ter. And. 1, 1, 87: ne multis morer,to be brief, in short,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 46, § 104: paulum morandum in his intervallis,Quint. 11, 3, 39: quod adhuc Brundisii moratus es,have tarried, remained,Cic. Fam. 15, 17, 2: in provinciā,id. Att. 7, 1, 5: haud multa moratus,i. e. without delaying long,Verg. A. 3, 610: nec plura moratus,without tarrying any longer,id. ib. 5, 381: rosa quo locorum Sera moretur,may linger, may be,Hor. C. 1, 38, 3: Corycia semper qui puppe moraris,Juv. 14, 267.—With cum: ubi, et cum quibus moreris,stay, reside,Sen. Ep. 32, 1.—With quin: nec morati sunt quin decurrerent ad castra,Liv. 40, 31, 8.—In the part. perf. subst.: ad sexcentos moratorum in citeriore ripā cepit,Liv. 21, 47, 3; 21, 48, 6; cf.: ad duo milia aut moratorum aut palantium per agros interfecta,id. 24, 41, 4; v. Drakenb. ad h. 1.
* Act., to delay, retard, detain, cause to wait, hinder: ne affinem morer, Quin, etc.,delay,Plaut. Aul. 4, 2, 5: argentum non morabor quin feras,id. As. 2, 2, 88: morari ac sustinere impetum hostium,Caes. B. C. 2, 26: conanti dexteram manum,id. ib. 5, 44, 8: eum,Cic. Fam. 6, 20, 28: iter,Caes. B. G. 7, 40: naves,Plin. 9, 25, 41, § 80: morari ab itinere proposito hostem,Liv. 23, 28, 9: morantur pauci Ridiculum et fugientem ex urbe pudorem,Juv. 11, 54.
* To fix the attention of, to delight, amuse, entertain: morata recte Fabula Valdius oblectat, populum meliusque moratur, Quam, etc., delays, i. e. entertains, Hor. A. P. 321: carmina, quae possint oculos auresque morari Caesaris,arrest,id. Ep. 1, 13, 17: tardior stilus cogitationem moratur,Quint. 1, 1, 28: profecto non plus biduum aut—Ph. Aut? nihil moror, I will wait no longer, will bear no delay, Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 104: egomet convivas moror,keep them waiting,Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 120.
* In partic.: nihil morari aliquem, not to detain a person, to let him go, to dismiss. Thus the consul said when he dismissed the Senate: Nihil amplius vos moramur,I will detain you no longer, you are dismissed,Capitol. M. Aurel. 10. This is the customary formula for abandoning an accusation and dismissing an accused person: C. Sempronium nihil moror,i. e. I withdraw my accusation against,Liv. 4, 42, 8: cum se nihil morari magistrum equitum pronuntiasset,id. 8, 35, 8: negavit, se Gracchum morari,id. 43, 16, 16.—Hence
* Trop.: nihil morari (with acc., an object-clause, or quo minus), to let a thing go, i. e. not to value or regard, to care nothing about it, to have nothing to say against it, etc.: nam vina nihil moror illius orae,care nothing for it, am not fond of it,Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 16: officium,id. ib. 2, 1, 264: nec dona moror,Verg. A. 5, 400: nil ego istos moror faeceos mores,Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 18 Brix ad loc.—With object-clauses: alieno uti nihil moror,I do not want to,Plaut. Capt. prol. 16: nihil moror, eos salvos esse, et ire quo jubetis, am not opposed to it, have nothing to say against it, Ant. ap. Cic. Phil. 13, 17, 35: nil moror eum tibi esse amicum,Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 56.— With quominus: nihil ego quidem moror, quominus decemviratu abeam,I do not hesitate to, I will immediately,Liv. 3, 54, 4. —Hence, * mŏrātē, adv., lingeringly, slowly: moratius,Sen. Q. N. 6, 14, 3.!*?
* Act. collat. form mŏro, āre: quid moras? Naev. ap. Diom. p. 395 P.: morares Enn. ib.: moraret, Pac. ib. (cf. Enn. p. 154, v. 11 Vahl.; Trag. Rel. p. 82 Rib.; Com. Rel. p. 16 ib.).
* Pass. impers.: ita diu, ut plus biennium in his tricis moretur, be spent, lost, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 5, 2.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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