commoranti
Dictionary entries
- Entry →commoro, commorare, commoravi, commoratus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Age:
- Late
stop/stay/remain, abide; linger, delay; detain, be delayed (menses); dwell on;
abl. sg. pres. act. part.dat. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
- G
Virgil
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE POETIS
"...Actiacam victoriam Augusto atque Atellae reficiendarum faucium causa commoranti per continuum quadriduum legit, suscipiente Maecenate legendi vicem, quotiens..." - M
Liber VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...libenter est in eo vitio quod vitandum dicimus commorantis. Sed divisio quoque adfert eandem iniuriam pudori..."