commŏro

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    Commoro, commoras, pe. cor. commorare. Plin. Sejourner.

commoro, āvī, āre = commoror (vgl. Prisc. 8, 25), Sen. contr. 2, 6 (14), 10 (commorarent). Isid. 11, 3, 31 (commorasse).

com-mŏror ( conm-), ātus, 1, v. dep. n. and a. ( act. access. form ‡ commŏro, āre, acc. to Prisc. p. 797 P.).

Prop., to stop somewhere, to tarry, linger, abide, sojourn, remain, stay (class.;

most freq. in Cic. (about thirty times) and in Quint.): Romae,

Cic. Quint. 6, 23; id. Att. 5, 12, 3:

Ephesi,

id. Fam. 3, 5, 5:

Asturae,

id. ib. 6, 19, 2:

Brundisii,

Suet. Aug. 17:

ibidem,

Cic. Clu. 13, 37:

hic,

Quint. 4, 2, 22:

ad Helorum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 36, § 95 (ad Cybistra, id. Fam. 15, 4, 6; B. and K. moratus): circum istaec loca, Pompon. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12, C, 1:

apud aliquem,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 5, 13:

apud Alyziam,

id. Fam. 16, 3, 1:

in tam miserā vitā,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 6.— Absol.:

Milo paulisper, dum se uxor comparat, commoratus est,

Cic. Mil. 10, 28:

commorandi natura devorsorium nobis, non habitandi locum dedit,

id. Sen. 23, 84:

quaesivit... an tardare ac commorari te melius esset,

id. ad Brut. 1, 18, 1:

paulisper consistere et commorari,

id. Rosc. Com. 16, 48; Suet. Tib. 11.—Of things:

commorantes menses trahere,

bring in, Plin. 22, 25, 71, § 147.—

Trop. (mostly with in or absol.; only once [p. 383] with cum):

consilium diutius in armis civilibus commorandi,

Cic. Fam. 6, 10, 1; Quint. 8, 3, 46:

cum singulis paene syllabis,

id. 8, prooem. §

31: in componendā togā,

id. 11, 3, 156.—Of discourse:

ut haereat in eādem commoreturque sententiā,

to dwell upon, Cic. Or. 40, 137 (quoted by Quint. 9, 1, 41); cf. id. de Or. 2, 72, 292:

fortasse supervacaneum fuerit hic commorari,

Quint. 4, 2, 22. — Absol.:

ipsa mihi veritas manum injecit et paulisper consistere et commorari cogit,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 48.—

Act., to stop, detain, retard one (ante- and post-class.).—

Prop.: an te auspicium conmoratum est?

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 58:

me nunc conmoror, has foris quom non ferio,

id. Ps. 4, 7, 35:

cantharum,

id. Men. 1, 2, 64; Sen. Contr. 2, 14, 10; Isid. Orig. 11, 3, 31.

com-mŏror ( conm-), ātus, 1, v. dep. n. and a. ( act. access. form ‡ commŏro, āre, acc. to Prisc. p. 797 P.).

Prop., to stop somewhere, to tarry, linger, abide, sojourn, remain, stay (class.;

most freq. in Cic. (about thirty times) and in Quint.): Romae,

Cic. Quint. 6, 23; id. Att. 5, 12, 3:

Ephesi,

id. Fam. 3, 5, 5:

Asturae,

id. ib. 6, 19, 2:

Brundisii,

Suet. Aug. 17:

ibidem,

Cic. Clu. 13, 37:

hic,

Quint. 4, 2, 22:

ad Helorum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 36, § 95 (ad Cybistra, id. Fam. 15, 4, 6; B. and K. moratus): circum istaec loca, Pompon. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12, C, 1:

apud aliquem,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 5, 13:

apud Alyziam,

id. Fam. 16, 3, 1:

in tam miserā vitā,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 6.— Absol.:

Milo paulisper, dum se uxor comparat, commoratus est,

Cic. Mil. 10, 28:

commorandi natura devorsorium nobis, non habitandi locum dedit,

id. Sen. 23, 84:

quaesivit... an tardare ac commorari te melius esset,

id. ad Brut. 1, 18, 1:

paulisper consistere et commorari,

id. Rosc. Com. 16, 48; Suet. Tib. 11.—Of things:

commorantes menses trahere,

bring in, Plin. 22, 25, 71, § 147.—

Trop. (mostly with in or absol.; only once [p. 383] with cum):

consilium diutius in armis civilibus commorandi,

Cic. Fam. 6, 10, 1; Quint. 8, 3, 46:

cum singulis paene syllabis,

id. 8, prooem. §

31: in componendā togā,

id. 11, 3, 156.—Of discourse:

ut haereat in eādem commoreturque sententiā,

to dwell upon, Cic. Or. 40, 137 (quoted by Quint. 9, 1, 41); cf. id. de Or. 2, 72, 292:

fortasse supervacaneum fuerit hic commorari,

Quint. 4, 2, 22. — Absol.:

ipsa mihi veritas manum injecit et paulisper consistere et commorari cogit,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 48.—

Act., to stop, detain, retard one (ante- and post-class.).—

Prop.: an te auspicium conmoratum est?

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 58:

me nunc conmoror, has foris quom non ferio,

id. Ps. 4, 7, 35:

cantharum,

id. Men. 1, 2, 64; Sen. Contr. 2, 14, 10; Isid. Orig. 11, 3, 31.