demorarier
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
Liber VI
Aulus Gellius
"...iubere aperiri cellam Iovis atque ibi solum diu demorari quasi consultantem de republica cum Iove, aeditumosque eius templi..."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..."
