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(adj.adv.) : mōrōsus, a, um, adj.mos; cf. Cic. Tusc. 4, 24, 54
* Peevish, fretful, wayward, capricious, captious, morose (syn.: tristis, severus, gravis, difficilis; class.): usque eo difficiles ac morosi sumus, ut nobis non satisfaciat ipse Demosthenes,Cic. Or. 29, 104: at sunt morosi et anxii, et iracundi et difficiles senes,id. Sen. 18, 65: canities,Hor. C. 1, 9, 17.—Of excessive care: circa corporis curam morosior,particular, fastidious,Suet. Caes. 45.—Of things concr. and abstr.: cupressus natu morosa,that grows with difficulty,Plin. 16, 33, 60, § 139: morbus,stubborn,Ov. A. A. 2, 323: caelandi subtilitas,anxious, painful,Plin. 35, prooem. § 1: si tibi morosa prurigine verminat auris,Mart. 14, 23.—Hence, adv.: mōrōsē.
* Peevishly, fretfully, captiously, morosely (class.): morose ferre hominum ineptias,Cic. Brut. 67, 236.
* Scrupulously, carefully: terram non morose legit,Plin. 18, 13, 34, § 128. —Comp.: pallium morosius ordinatum,Tert. Pall. 4.—Sup.: morosissime,Suet. Aug. 66.
* Peevish, fretful, wayward, capricious, captious, morose (syn.: tristis, severus, gravis, difficilis; class.): usque eo difficiles ac morosi sumus, ut nobis non satisfaciat ipse Demosthenes,Cic. Or. 29, 104: at sunt morosi et anxii, et iracundi et difficiles senes,id. Sen. 18, 65: canities,Hor. C. 1, 9, 17.—Of excessive care: circa corporis curam morosior,particular, fastidious,Suet. Caes. 45.—Of things concr. and abstr.: cupressus natu morosa,that grows with difficulty,Plin. 16, 33, 60, § 139: morbus,stubborn,Ov. A. A. 2, 323: caelandi subtilitas,anxious, painful,Plin. 35, prooem. § 1: si tibi morosa prurigine verminat auris,Mart. 14, 23.—Hence, adv.: mōrōsē.
* Peevishly, fretfully, captiously, morosely (class.): morose ferre hominum ineptias,Cic. Brut. 67, 236.
* Scrupulously, carefully: terram non morose legit,Plin. 18, 13, 34, § 128. —Comp.: pallium morosius ordinatum,Tert. Pall. 4.—Sup.: morosissime,Suet. Aug. 66.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
Lewis Short
(adjective) : mŏrōsus, a, um, mora
* Lingering, slow, slow in coming (lato Lat.): cui morosum videtur quodcunque futurum est,Cassiod. in Psa. 34, 20: iter fieri morosum quod ad celeritatem est inventum,id. Var. 1, 29.
* Lingering, slow, slow in coming (lato Lat.): cui morosum videtur quodcunque futurum est,Cassiod. in Psa. 34, 20: iter fieri morosum quod ad celeritatem est inventum,id. Var. 1, 29.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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