To delay

    mora ae, f    [1 SMAR-], a delay, procrastination: comitiorum, S.: inter eas moras, S.: rerum: moram praeceptis inferre, defer: moram ad insequendum intulit, Cs.: facere dilectui, L.: facere creditoribus, put off payment: trahere, delay, V.: moliri, cause delay, V.: moram interponere, interpose delay: mora reliquorum, delay in pursuing, Cs.: morā dies extrahens, talking against time, Cs.: Nec mora ullast, quin iam uxorem ducam, I will without delay, T.: Quosque referre mora est, would take too long, O.: Parva mora est sumpsisse, he promptly took, O.: per hunc nullast mora, on his part, T.: in me mora non erit ulla, V.: Nulla mora est, I am ready, O.: sine ullā morā negotium suscipere, at once: moram certaminis hosti exemit, i. e. hastened it on, L.: Molliri morā, with delay, i. e. gradually, O.—In speech, a stop, pause: morae respirationesque.— An obstruction, hinderance, cause of delay: ne morae meis nuptiis egomet siem, hinder, T.: ne in morā illi sis, T.: magnā fluminis morā interpositā, Cs.: restituendae Romanis Capuae mora atque impedimentum es, L.: quae tantae tenuere morae? V.: Rumpe moras, V.—In the phrase, mora temporis, an interval, lapse of time: Longa fuit medii mora temporis, O.: moram temporis quaerere dum, etc., L.

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    moror ātus, ārī, dep.    [mora], to delay, tarry, stay, wait, remain, linger, loiter: Eamus... Ubi vis; non moror, i. e. I have no objection, T.: Brundisi: amplius morando, S.: apud oppidum, Cs.: in quā (commemoratione) diutius non morabor: faciem capere morando, i. e. by slow degrees, O.: quid moror? H.: quid multis moror? why make a long story? T.: ne multis morer, to be brief: haud multa moratus, i. e. without long delay, V.: paulum lacrimis et mente morata, in tearful thought, V.: rosa quo locorum Sera moretur, may linger, H.: nec morati sunt quin decurrerent ad castra, L.: nihil ego moror quo minus decemviratu abeam, i. e. I will immediately, L.: cui bellum moremur inferre: in conubio natae, brood, V.— To delay, retard, impede, detain, cause to wait, hinder: impetum hostium, Cs.: eum: ab itinere hostem, L.: absiste morari, detain (me) not, V.: convivas, keep waiting, T.— To fix the attention of, delight, delay, amuse, entertain: Fabula populum moratur, H.: oculos aurīsque Caesaris, arrest, H.— P. pass.: novitate morandus spectator, H.— To hinder, prevent, impede: non moror quo minus in civitatem redeant, L.: moratus sit nemo, quo minus abeant, L.—In the phrase, nihil morari, with acc. of person, not to detain, let go, dismiss, release: C. Sempronium nihil moror, i. e. withdraw my accusation against, L.: negavit, se Gracchum morari, said he had nothing against, L.—In the phrase, nihil morari, with acc. of thing, or an obj clause, to let go, not value, disregard, care nothing for, have nothing to say against: profecto non plus biduom aut— Ph. Aut? nil moror, I don't care for that, T.: nam vina nihil moror illius orae, H.: nihil moror, eos salvos esse: invisum quem tibi esse Nil moror, I care not, V.: ut multum (sc. scripserit), nil moror, attach no value to quantity, H.

[st1]1 [-] mŏra, ae, f.: a - délai, retard, retardement; obstacle, empêchement.    - alicui (alicui rei) moram inferre: retarder qqn (qqch).    - moram afferre bello: retarder la guerre.    - nullā interpositā morā, Caes. BC. 3, 75, 1: sans retard.    - sine mora, Cic. Ep. Br. 1, 18, 1: sans retard.    - sine ulla mora: sans retard.    - esse in mora alicui: faire attendre qqn.    - esse in mora nuptiis: retarder le mariage.    - ne morae meis nuptiis egomet sim, Ter. Ad. 716: il ne faut pas que je retarde moi-même mon mariage.    - pelle moram: vinces, Ov. M. 10, 659: ne tarde pas: tu vas remporter la victoire.    - ut aliquid esset morae, Cic. Verr. 4, 142: pour gagner du temps.    - moram supplicio quaerere, Cic. Verr. 5, 165: chercher à retarder le supplice.    - supplicii aliam parvam moram adferre, Cic. Verr. 5, 165: apporter un tant soit peu de retard au supplice.    - inferre nullam moram ad insequendum, Caes. BC. 3, 75, 2: ne mettre aucun retard à la poursuite.    - alicui moram facere, Cic. Sull. 58: donner un délai à un créancier.    - inter moras, Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 20: sur ces entrefaites, pendant ce temps-là.    - per hunc nullast mora, Ter. And. 693: il n'apporte aucun retardement (de son côté, pas d'obstacle).    - saltus... nequaquan tanta in mora est quanta... Cic. Fam. 10, 31. 1: le défilé ne cause pas autant de retard que..    - in mora esse alicui, Ter. And. 468: faire attendre qqn.    - mora, dum proficiscantur legati, Cic. Phil. 5, 31: attente du départ des ambassadeurs.    - nullam moram interponere, quin... Cic. Phil 10, 1; Ac. 1, 1: ne mettre aucun retard à...    - nulla mora est quin eam uxorem ducam, Ter. And. 971: je vais l'épouser à l'instant même.    - si tantulum morae fuisset, quominus ei pecunia illa numeraretur, Cic. Verr. 2, 93: (il aurait vendu les biens) si l'on eût apporté le moindre retard à lui compter cette somme.    - Caesar nihil in mora habuit, quominus... Vell. 2, 51, 2: César ne fut en rien empêché de...    - mora est + inf. Ov. M, 3, 225: ce serait long de.    - longa mora est enumerare, Ov. M. 1, 124: ce serait trop long d'énumérer.    - quae memini, mora mera est monerier, Plaut. Cap. 396: ce que j'ai bien en mémoire, c'est pure perte de temps que de me le rappeler. b - pauses dans le débit oratoire.    - Cic. Or. 53. c - retardement, obstacle.    - esse in mora quominus: empêcher que.    - restituendae Romanis Capuae mora atque impedimentum es, Liv. 23, 9, 11: tu es un obstacle et un empêchement à la reddition de Capoue aux Romains.    - clipei mora, Virg. En. 12, 541: l'obstacle du bouclier.    - cf. Virg. En. 9, 143; 10, 485. d - espace de temps, temps, intervalle.    - mora temporis, Ov. M. 9, 134: espace de temps.    - dolor finitus est morā, Ov.: la douleur prit fin avec le temps.    - an tibi notitiam mora temporis eripit horum? Ov. P. 2, 10, 5: le temps détruirait-il en toi ces souvenirs?    - quippe qui moram temporis quaererent dum Hannibal in Africam trajiceret, Liv. 30, 16, 14: car ils cherchaient à laisser à Hannibal le temps d'arriver en Afrique.    - temporaria mora, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 114: longueur du temps. [st1]2 [-] mŏra, ae, f.: Nep. more (corps de troupes lacédémoniennes, troupe d'élite).    - [gr]gr. μόρα. [st1]1 [-] mŏra, ae, f.: a - délai, retard, retardement; obstacle, empêchement.    - alicui (alicui rei) moram inferre: retarder qqn (qqch).    - moram afferre bello: retarder la guerre.    - nullā interpositā morā, Caes. BC. 3, 75, 1: sans retard.    - sine mora, Cic. Ep. Br. 1, 18, 1: sans retard.    - sine ulla mora: sans retard.    - esse in mora alicui: faire attendre qqn.    - esse in mora nuptiis: retarder le mariage.    - ne morae meis nuptiis egomet sim, Ter. Ad. 716: il ne faut pas que je retarde moi-même mon mariage.    - pelle moram: vinces, Ov. M. 10, 659: ne tarde pas: tu vas remporter la victoire.    - ut aliquid esset morae, Cic. Verr. 4, 142: pour gagner du temps.    - moram supplicio quaerere, Cic. Verr. 5, 165: chercher à retarder le supplice.    - supplicii aliam parvam moram adferre, Cic. Verr. 5, 165: apporter un tant soit peu de retard au supplice.    - inferre nullam moram ad insequendum, Caes. BC. 3, 75, 2: ne mettre aucun retard à la poursuite.    - alicui moram facere, Cic. Sull. 58: donner un délai à un créancier.    - inter moras, Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 20: sur ces entrefaites, pendant ce temps-là.    - per hunc nullast mora, Ter. And. 693: il n'apporte aucun retardement (de son côté, pas d'obstacle).    - saltus... nequaquan tanta in mora est quanta... Cic. Fam. 10, 31. 1: le défilé ne cause pas autant de retard que..    - in mora esse alicui, Ter. And. 468: faire attendre qqn.    - mora, dum proficiscantur legati, Cic. Phil. 5, 31: attente du départ des ambassadeurs.    - nullam moram interponere, quin... Cic. Phil 10, 1; Ac. 1, 1: ne mettre aucun retard à...    - nulla mora est quin eam uxorem ducam, Ter. And. 971: je vais l'épouser à l'instant même.    - si tantulum morae fuisset, quominus ei pecunia illa numeraretur, Cic. Verr. 2, 93: (il aurait vendu les biens) si l'on eût apporté le moindre retard à lui compter cette somme.    - Caesar nihil in mora habuit, quominus... Vell. 2, 51, 2: César ne fut en rien empêché de...    - mora est + inf. Ov. M, 3, 225: ce serait long de.    - longa mora est enumerare, Ov. M. 1, 124: ce serait trop long d'énumérer.    - quae memini, mora mera est monerier, Plaut. Cap. 396: ce que j'ai bien en mémoire, c'est pure perte de temps que de me le rappeler. b - pauses dans le débit oratoire.    - Cic. Or. 53. c - retardement, obstacle.    - esse in mora quominus: empêcher que.    - restituendae Romanis Capuae mora atque impedimentum es, Liv. 23, 9, 11: tu es un obstacle et un empêchement à la reddition de Capoue aux Romains.    - clipei mora, Virg. En. 12, 541: l'obstacle du bouclier.    - cf. Virg. En. 9, 143; 10, 485. d - espace de temps, temps, intervalle.    - mora temporis, Ov. M. 9, 134: espace de temps.    - dolor finitus est morā, Ov.: la douleur prit fin avec le temps.    - an tibi notitiam mora temporis eripit horum? Ov. P. 2, 10, 5: le temps détruirait-il en toi ces souvenirs?    - quippe qui moram temporis quaererent dum Hannibal in Africam trajiceret, Liv. 30, 16, 14: car ils cherchaient à laisser à Hannibal le temps d'arriver en Afrique.    - temporaria mora, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 114: longueur du temps. [st1]2 [-] mŏra, ae, f.: Nep. more (corps de troupes lacédémoniennes, troupe d'élite).    - [gr]gr. μόρα.

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    cessō āvī, ātus, āre, freq.    [1 cedo], to be remiss, delay, loiter, cease from, stop, give over: paulum, T.: odiosa cessas, you are delaying shamefully, T.: in suo studio: ab apparatu operum nihil cessatum, L.: Quidquid apud durae cessatum est moenia Troiae, whatever delay there was, V.: audaciā, to lack spirit, L.: quid cessas? Tb.: quor cessas? T.: cessas in vota? V.: ego nunc mihi cesso, i. e. to my hurt, T.: pultare ostium, T.: mori, H.—Of persons, to be inactive, be idle, be unoccupied, do nothing: cur deos cessare patitur? si quid cessare potes, V.: Dum cessant aliae, O.: cessare et ludere, H.: Cessatum usque adhuc est, T.: Semel hic cessavit, played truant, H.: amori, to have leisure for, Pr.—Of things, to be at rest, rest, be still, be inactive, be unused, pause, cease, stop: quid ita cessarunt pedes? Ph.: Cessat opus, O.: cessat ira deae, L.: cessasse ferunt aras, i. e. remained unsought, O.: Cessantem amphoram, i. e. long unopened, H.: cessaturae casae, O.: tonsas cessare novalīs, to lie fallow, V.: cessat voluntas? i. e. does he hesitate? H.: Cessata tempora cursu Corrigit, makes up for lost time, O.—Supin. acc.: cessatum ducere curam, lay at rest, H.

    differō distulī, dīlātus, ferre    [dis- + fero], to carry apart, spread abroad, scatter, disperse, separate: venti magnitudine ignem, Cs.: Nubila, V.: rudentis (Eurus), H.: in versum ulmos, i. e. planted, V.: Mettum in diversa, tore to pieces, V.—Fig., to distract, disquiet, disturb, confound: (Oratione) te, T.: differor doloribus, T.— To spread abroad, publish, report, circulate: male commissam libertatem populo R. sermonibus, L.: rumores, T.: celeri rumore dilato, N.: alqm rumoribus, make notorious, Ta.: alqm circum puellas, Pr.— To defer, put off, postpone, adjourn, protract, delay: rem cotidie: bellum: iter in praesentia, Cs.: pleraque, H.: vadimonia, to adjourn court, Iu.: distulit ira sitim, O.: differri iam hora non potest: diem de die, L.: impetūs, i. e. make no rash attacks, Ta.: quaerere distuli, H.: nihil dilaturi, quin, etc., L.: in posterum diem: vim doloris in posterum: in aliud tempus, Cs.: (diem edicti) in a. d. IV Kal. Dec.: curandi tempus in annum, H.: id ad crudelitatis tempus: quas (legationes) partim distulit Tarraconem, till he should reach, L.: contentionem totam post bellum, L.: Differ; habent commoda morae, O.: differendum negat, says there must be no delay, L.—Of personal objects, to put off, get rid of, keep off, keep: me in tempus aliud: differri non posse adeo concitatos animos, L.: decumum quos distulit Hector in annum, V.: vivacem anum, i. e. to postpone her death, O.: hi repulsi in spem impetrandi tandem honoris dilati, L.: legati ad novos magistratūs dilati, L.—Intrans. (only praes. system), to differ, vary, be different: verbo differre, re esse unum: paulum: quid enim differt, barathrone Dones quicquid habes, an? etc., H.: a vobis vestitu: multum a Gallicā consuetudine, Cs.: ut in nullā re (domus) differret cuiusvis inopis (sc. a domo), N.: hi (populi) omnes linguā inter se differunt, Cs.: non multum inter summos et mediocrīs viros: cogitatione inter se: (occasio) cum tempore hoc differt: pede certo Differt sermoni sermo, H.: tragico differre colori, H.

dilātĭo, ōnis, f. délai, remise, ajournement, sursis.    - per dilationes, Liv.: par intervalles. dilātĭo, ōnis, f. délai, remise, ajournement, sursis.    - per dilationes, Liv.: par intervalles.

    advocātiō ōnis, f    [advoco], a summoning as counsel: maximarum rerum advocationes, i. e. consultations: in advocationibus, i. e. as an advocate. —The advocates, counsel, bar, body of pleaders: ea: ingens, L. — A delay for consultation, C.

    cōnfēstim adv.    [com- + FEN-], immediately, speedily, without delay, forthwith, suddenly: res gerenda: consequi: huc advolare: rex patres consulebat, L.: deletā materiā, L.: alacres admittier orant, V.: inclinatur acies, L.

    continuō adv.    [continuus], immediatcly, forthwith, straightway, directly, without delay: mors continuo ipsam occupat, just afterwards, T.: Haud mora, continuo matris praecepta facessit, V.: Ut vel continuo patuit, H.: Egomet continuo mecum, I immediately said to myself, T.: spem continuo adulescens superavit, as soon as he grew up: continuo ut vidit.—By consequence, necessarily, of course: Continuo sic collige, quod, etc., draw the immediate inference, Iu.: non continuo, si... sum sicarius, it does not follow that: forsitan non continuo, sed certe, si, etc.: si malo careat, continuone fruitur summo bono? I II

    cunctanter adv. with comp.    [cunctor], slowly, with delay, L., Ta.: venia data cunctantius, Ta.

    dētineō tinuī, tentus, ēre    [de + teneo], to hold off, keep back, detain, check: a quo incepto me ambitio detinuerat, S.: me detinuit morbus, T.: civium numerum tam bonis rebus: contionibus detinenda plebs, L.: me his oris, V.: nisi quid te detinet, if you have time, H.: me Gratā compede Myrtale, H.: novissimos proelio, Cs.: amor me Martis in armis detinet, V.: in eā legatione detentus, Ta.—Fig., to hinder, prevent, delay: Galliae victoriam, Cs.: se nonum ad diem, to prolong his life, Ta.—Of time, to lengthen, fill: tempus, O.: euntem sermone diem, O.— To keep, occupy, engage, busy: in alienis negotiis detineri: Nos Pallas detinet, O.

    dīlātiō ōnis, f    [dis- + TAL-], a putting off, postponement, delay: vel minime temporis: comitiorum: nulla, L.: per dilationes bellum geri, L.

    dirimō ēmī, ēmptus, ere    [dis- + emo], to take apart, part, separate, divide, cut off: dirimi (corpus) distrahive: dirimit Suebiam montium iugum, Ta.: urbs flumine dirempta, L.: a continenti urbem, Cu.: si quem dirimit plaga solis, whom the torrid zone parts (from us), V.: infestas acies, iras (i. e. iratos), to stand between, L.—Fig., to break off, interrupt, disturb, put off, delay: proelium dirimitur, Cs.: proelium nox diremit, S.: proelia voce, V.: venerunt ad dirimendum bellum, L.: certamina, O.: controversiam, to end: rem arbitrio, O.— To separate, dissolve, break off: coniunctionem civium: caritas dirimi non potest, etc.: dirempta pax, L.: conubium, L. — To interrupt, disturb, break up: conloquium, Cs.: ut concilia populi dirimerentur, L.: actum est nihil, nox diremit.— To destroy, frustrate, bring to naught: auspicium, L.: rem susceptam: consilium, S.

    inter-pōnō posuī, posītus, ere,    to put between, place among, interpose, insert, intersperse: ubi spatium... pilae interponuntur, Cs.: ne interpositi quidem elephanti militem deterrebant, L.: lateri vinculum lapides sunt, quos interposuere, ut, etc., Cu.—In time, to insert, interpose, introduce: intercalariis mensibus interpositis, L.—In speech, to introduce, insert: hoc loco libet interponere... quantae, etc., N.: paucis interpositis versibus: verbum ullum.—Of time, to let pass, permit to elapse, leave, interpose: spatium ad recreandos animos, Cs.: tridui morā interpositā, after a delay of, Cs.: spatio interposito, some time after: hac interpositā nocte, L.—With personal objects, to introduce, make an associate of: quam sancta sit societas civium, dis inmortalibus interpositis, etc. —Of writings, to make insertions in, falsify, alter: rationibus populorum non interpositis.—Fig., to introduce, interpose, put forward, adduce, allege, use as a pretext, urge as an objection: decreta: iudicium suum: neque ullā belli suspicione interpositā, Cs.: accusatorem, make a pretext for delay: causam interponens conlegas exspectare, N.: operam, studium, laborem, apply.—To pledge, give, interpose: sponsio interponereter, L.: interpositā fide publicā, S.: in eam rem se suam fidem interponere, gave his word, Cs.—With se, to interfere, intermeddle, intrude, engage in, come in the way: ni se tribuni plebis interposuissent, L.: semper se interposuit, lent his aid, N.: te invitissimis his: se quo minus, etc., C., L.: te in istam pacificationem: me audaciae tuae.

    prōcrāstinō —, —, āre    [pro+crastinus], to put off till the morrow, defer, delay, procrastinate: rem: res non procrastinatur.