commorantis
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;
gen. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
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..."Liber VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...libenter est in eo vitio quod vitandum dicimus commorantis. Sed divisio quoque adfert eandem iniuriam pudori..."