rĕ-mŏror, ātus, 1
* V. dep. n. and a.
* Neutr., to stay, tarry, linger, loiter, delay (so rarely): nam quid illaec nunc tam diu intus remorantur remeligines?Plaut. Cas. 4, 3, 7: ibi corpora,Lucr. 2, 75: res nulla foris,id. 2, 158: in concilio,id. 2, 564; cf.: in Italiā,Liv. 27, 12, 3: sed postquam remorata suos cognovit amores,Ov. M. 4, 137: perge, ne remorare. Non diu remoratus es: Jam venis,Cat. 61, 200 sq.: Etesiae contra fluvium flantes remorantur,Lucr. 6, 717.
* Act., to hold back, stay, detain, obstruct, hinder, delay, defer (syn. retardare; freq. and class.): aliquem,Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 46: haec edepol remorata med est,id. Ep. 5, 1, 23; id. Rud. 4, 6, 4 et saep.: di illum perdant, qui me hodie remoratus est,Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 11: eae res, quae ceteros remorari solent, non retardarunt,Cic. Imp. Pomp. 14, 40: nox atque praeda castrorum hostes quominus victoriā uterentur remorata sunt,Sall. J. 38, 8; Prop. 1, 6, 5: quamvis te longae remorentur fata senectae,i. e. should preserve you to a good old age,id. 1, 19, 17: num unum diem postea L. Saturninum tribunum plebis et C. Servilium praetorem mors ac poena remorata est?i. e. was it put off, deferred?Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 4; cf. Auct. Her. 4, 36, 48: cur non remoratur ituros,Ov. M. 13, 220.—Absol.: ab negotiis numquam voluptas remorata,Sall. J. 95, 3.—With inanimate and abstract objects: alicujus commodum,Ter. And. 4, 3, 24: scio te me iis epistulis potius et meas spes solitum esse remorari,Cic. Att. 3, 14, 1: alicujus iter,Sall. J. 50, 1; so, iter,Ov. M. 11, 233.—Absol.: fugiunt, freno non remorante, dies,Ov. F. 6, 772.?*! rĕmŏrātus, a, um, in a pass. signif.: remorandust gradus,Plaut. Pers. 1, 2, 28: pomi jactu remorata (Atalanta),Ov. M. 10, 671.