demorari
Dictionary entries
- Entry →demoror, demorari, demoratus sum:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
detain, cause delay, keep waiting/back, hold up; keep (from); delay/linger/stay;
pres. infin.
Examples
- A
Liber VI
Aulus Gellius
"...iubere aperiri cellam Iovis atque ibi solum diu demorari quasi consultantem de republica cum Iove, aeditumosque eius templi..." - P
Liber XII
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...veram paterni oris effigiem appellare ac variis artibus demorari ne cubiculo egrederetur. Antoniam quoque et Octaviam sorores eius..."