rĕ-mŏra (noun F) :
* Delay, hinderance, passive resistance (ante- and post-class.): quae Remoram faciunt rei privatae et publicae,Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 16; cf. Lucil. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 276, 8 Müll.: remora si sit,if I delay,Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 106: remorā ausus miserabiles casus levare multorum,Amm. 14, 5, 8 (but in Cels. 7, 15, the correct read. is mora).